Photo: Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in Cotter
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. Hardly any work in Cotter itself; outside it, Hills draws the most (7%, 19 miles). The Census job records count 15 working residents of Cotter and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cotter by day
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24 people are in Cotter on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Cotter’s residents
Where Cotter clocks in
7% 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.
Working from home in Cotter
of Cotter workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 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.
Half of Cotter commutes less than 14 miles
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 Cotter: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cotter?
34.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cotter work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hills (7%, 19 mi), Wapello (7%, 16 mi), Columbus Junction (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cotter 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 Cotter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cotter
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.