Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in DeWitt have higher incomes than those in 71% of U.S. towns
The two grades for DeWitt are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 2.8% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.1% for Iowa as a whole. About one in four stay in DeWitt for work; outside it, Davenport is the main destination (20%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: DeWitt in brief
DeWitt trades workers with the towns around it
DeWitt has about as many jobs (2,832) as working residents (2,550), but they are mostly different people: 1,948 residents leave for work each day while 2,230 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in DeWitt are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
DeWitt makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in DeWitt are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs DeWitt residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind DeWitt’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, DeWitt is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #33 of 140 in Iowa. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, DeWitt could be anywhere from B− to A.
DeWitt by day and by night
On a workday 1,948 residents head out to work, 602 work right here, and 2,230 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in DeWitt
2,832 jobs are based in DeWitt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeWitt, 2013 → 2023: 3,021 → 2,832. 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 DeWitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from DeWitt ends
Where DeWitt clocks in
20% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from DeWitt: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeWitt workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,481 commuters (the 6% 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.
The distance from DeWitt to work
About 19% 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.
DeWitt is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, DeWitt is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #76 of 140 in Iowa. Both inputs place DeWitt near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,641 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of DeWitt households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of DeWitt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,476 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700, DeWitt comes 922nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Eldridge IA | 6,954 | $106K | 1.3% | 1.0% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 199 | Asbury IA | 6,035 | $125K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 234 | Huxley IA | 4,715 | $112K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 920 | Eliot ME | 7,643 | $102K | 4.8% | 3.7% | 11% | A− |
| 921 | Rosewood Heights IL | 4,229 | $72K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 922 | DeWitt IA | 5,704 | $93K | 2.8% | 4.1% | 24% | A− |
| 923 | Allen Township IN | 7,175 | $78K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 9% | A− |
| 924 | Deerfield MA | 5,147 | $106K | 7.8% | 2.8% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of DeWitt, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
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 DeWitt: questions
What is the median household income in DeWitt?
$92,587 (±$21,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeWitt?
2.8%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeWitt?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeWitt work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (20%, 19 mi), Clinton (6%, 16 mi), Bettendorf (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is DeWitt walkable?
DeWitt is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around DeWitt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from DeWitt, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeWitt
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.