Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 3.0At 0.3%, unemployment in Durant is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Durant; the top destination outside it is Davenport (16%, 16 miles). Durant grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way (Iowa 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Durant’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Durant is better than 78% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Durant could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Durant by day
On a workday 772 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Durant on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Where Durant’s working residents head each day
Where Durant clocks in
16% 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.
In Durant, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
619 jobs are based in Durant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Durant, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 619. 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 Durant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Durant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Durant workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,035 commuters (the 7% 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.
Durant’s commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Durant, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Durant is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Durant 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 1,118 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Durant households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Durant’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Durant ranks: 743rd of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Van Meter IA | 1,978 | $135K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Walford IA | 1,359 | $129K | 1.1% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Ely IA | 2,366 | $106K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 741 | Duncan Falls OH | 1,355 | $116K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 742 | Dooms VA | 1,454 | $87K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 743 | Durant IA | 1,800 | $82K | 7.8% | 0.3% | 12% | A− |
| 744 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 1,519 | $92K | 2.7% | 2.5% | <1% | A− |
| 745 | Rhine WI | 2,123 | $99K | 3.6% | 3.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Durant, 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 Durant: questions
What is the median household income in Durant?
$81,625 (±$12,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Durant?
7.8%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Durant?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Durant work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (16%, 16 mi), Muscatine (9%, 15 mi), Iowa City (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Durant walkable?
Durant is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Durant 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 Durant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Durant
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.