Scotch Grove Historic District · Photo: Kevin Schuchmann · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Center Junction commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all (Iowa 11%). There are 8 jobs in Center Junction, against 44 working residents. Hardly any stay in Center Junction for work; outside it, Cedar Rapids is the main destination (18%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Center Junction: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 90 people are in Center Junction on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Center Junction’s residents
Where Center Junction clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Center Junction’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Junction, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Center Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Center Junction
of Center Junction workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Center Junction commutes
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Center Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Center Junction?
$26,528 (±$19,344) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Junction?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Center Junction work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (18%, 32 mi), Wyoming (9%, 6 mi), Anamosa (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Center Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Center Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Center Junction
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.