Most of Colesburg commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Iowa has 11%. Colesburg has 112 jobs, against 198 working residents. Only 2% stay in Colesburg for work; outside it, Dyersville is the main destination (15%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Colesburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Colesburg on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Colesburg’s residents
Where Colesburg clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
In Colesburg, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colesburg, 2014 → 2024: 111 → 112. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Colesburg: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colesburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Colesburg
About 23% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Colesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Colesburg?
$51,719 (±$22,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colesburg?
4.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colesburg?
28 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colesburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dyersville (15%, 12 mi), Dubuque (15%, 27 mi), Manchester (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Colesburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Colesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colesburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.