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Jobs & commute in Clutier

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Clutier works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Clutier itself; outside it, Waterloo draws the most (20%, 29 miles). There are 19 jobs in Clutier for 99 working residents. The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average, next to 20 for Iowa and 26 for the U.S.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Clutier on a workday afternoon

On a workday 99 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.

99live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
19work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday130
210live here− 99head out to work+ 19come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Clutier on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.19jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Clutier: the destinations

GarrisonClutierTraer: 5 residents work here (5%)Dysart: 9 residents work here (9%)Toledo: 2 residents work here (2%)La Porte City: 2 residents work here (2%)NashuaAltoona: 2 residents work here (2%)Johnston: 3 residents work here (3%)Cedar Falls: 10 residents work here (10%)Cedar Rapids: 5 residents work here (5%)Des Moines: 3 residents work here (3%)Waterloo: 20 residents work here (20%)WashburnWaterlooCedar FallsDysartTraerCedar RapidsJohnstonClutier
1
Waterloo28.7 mi away
20%20
2
Cedar Falls30.5 mi away
10%10
3
Dysart8 mi away
9%9
4
Traer8.2 mi away
5%5
5
Cedar Rapids38 mi away
5%5
6
Johnston73 mi away
3%3
7
Des Moines71.3 mi away
3%3
8
Toledo11 mi away
2%2
9
La Porte City19.5 mi away
2%2
10
Altoona62.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%38
The top trips

Where Clutier clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Clutier

Jobs based in ClutierJobs Clutier residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%29%
Trade, transport & utilities16%18%
Services: health, schools, offices84%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less63%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%26%
Over $3,333 a month26%59%

Who does it

29 or younger16%21%
30 to 5453%49%
55 and older32%29%
−37%

Jobs based in Clutier, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 19. 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 Clutier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 34 minutes to work from Clutier

A year of commuting
259 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clutier34 min
Iowa20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

of Clutier workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Clutier gets to work
55%Drive alone
41%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 147 commuters (the 14% 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 far

Short hops and long hauls from Clutier

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWaterloo: 20% · 28.7 miCedar Falls: 10% · 30.5 miDysart: 9% · 8 miTraer: 5% · 8.2 miCedar Rapids: 5% · 38 miJohnston: 3% · 73 miDes Moines: 3% · 71.3 miToledo: 2% · 11 miLa Porte City: 2% · 19.5 miAltoona: 2% · 62.8 miWaterloo 20%Cedar Falls 10%Dysart 9%Traer 5%Clutier
ClutierTop destinations (size = commuters)
16%Under 10 mi16 residents
10%10–24 mi10 residents
46%25–50 mi46 residents
27%Over 50 mi27 residents

About 27% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clutier: questions

What is the median household income in Clutier?

$65,156 (±$30,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clutier?

34.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clutier?

34 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clutier work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterloo (20%, 29 mi), Cedar Falls (10%, 30 mi), Dysart (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clutier 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 Clutier, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Clutier

Clutier home →

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.