Work means Waterloo for more than half of Evansdale’s working residents
Evansdale grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole. Household incomes here are lower than in 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Evansdale: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Evansdale works in Waterloo
1,021 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Waterloo, 4.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 13 times as many as work in Evansdale itself. The commute map ↓
Most Evansdale residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Evansdale are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Evansdale are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 20 across Iowa. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Iowa worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Evansdale workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 figures behind Evansdale’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Evansdale is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #123 of 140 in Iowa. Job access by car holds Evansdale’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Evansdale could be anywhere from D to B.
The places Evansdale commutes to
Where Evansdale clocks in
52% of workers
15% of workers
3% 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.
How far Evansdale’s workers travel
About 16% 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 work there is in Evansdale: 830 jobs
830 jobs are based in Evansdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evansdale, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 830. 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 Evansdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Evansdale: about 15 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evansdale workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,438 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.
In and out of Evansdale on a workday
On a workday 1,876 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Evansdale on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.42 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 commute in Evansdale is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evansdale is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #133 of 140 in Iowa. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.4% across Iowa.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,502 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). 6.3% of Evansdale households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Evansdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000, Evansdale comes 3,160th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Solon IA | 3,345 | $113K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Huxley IA | 4,715 | $112K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 323 | Windsor Heights IA | 5,059 | $92K | 6.2% | 1.4% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,158 | Port St. Joe FL | 3,995 | $56K | 9.8% | 4.3% | 33% | C− |
| 3,159 | Green Level NC | 3,409 | $56K | 19.0% | 6.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,160 | Evansdale IA | 4,463 | $60K | 24.0% | 6.2% | 4% | C− |
| 3,161 | Manistee Township MI | 4,268 | $65K | 10.2% | 5.4% | 23% | C− |
| 3,162 | Chandler TX | 4,081 | $50K | 14.0% | 6.7% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Evansdale, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
52% of Evansdale works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evansdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evansdale | – | C− | C | 15 min | $60,397 |
| Waterloo | 52% | C | B+ | 16 min | $57,480 |
| Elk Run Heights | under 1% | B+ | B+ | 19 min | $76,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Waterloo. Darker towns draw more of Evansdale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Evansdale: questions
What is the median household income in Evansdale?
$60,397 (±$6,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evansdale?
24.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evansdale?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evansdale work?
4% work in town.
Is Evansdale walkable?
Evansdale is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evansdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evansdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evansdale
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.