Photo: Catherine Palczewski / FortepanIowa · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Dundee commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, next to 20 for Iowa and 26 for the U.S. There are 15 jobs in Dundee; 87 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Dundee; the top destination outside it is Manchester (22%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dundee
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Dundee on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Dundee’s working residents head each day
Where Dundee clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
33% of the jobs in Dundee make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dundee, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 15. 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 Dundee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Dundee: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dundee workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 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.
How far Dundee’s workers travel
About 21% 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 Dundee: questions
What is the median household income in Dundee?
$51,875 (±$14,995) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dundee?
10.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dundee?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dundee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (22%, 8 mi), Edgewood (11%, 9 mi), Cedar Rapids (9%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dundee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dundee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dundee
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.