Kirkpatrick, Robert Round Barn · Photo: Kevin Schuchmann · CC BY-SA 3.0Coggon has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Coggon for work; outside it, Cedar Rapids is the main destination (40%, 23 miles). 9 jobs are based in Coggon for 314 working residents. Working residents average 32 minutes each way, 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
The work figures that set Coggon apart
Coggon is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Coggon, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coggon has about 380 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Coggon works in Cedar Rapids
127 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Cedar Rapids, 23 miles away. That’s far more as work in Coggon itself. The commute map ↓
Coggon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 314 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Coggon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 314 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Coggon on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Out of Coggon to work: where people go
Where Coggon clocks in
40% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Coggon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coggon workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 12% 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.
Jobs in Coggon: what the 9 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coggon, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 9. 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 Coggon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Coggon’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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 Coggon: questions
What is the median household income in Coggon?
$76,250 (±$25,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coggon?
2.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coggon?
32 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coggon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (40%, 23 mi), Marion (7%, 16 mi), Iowa City (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coggon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coggon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coggon
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.