Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Fruitland commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Fruitland report 26 jobs, and 472 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Fruitland; the top destination outside it is Muscatine (43%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Fruitland, in brief
Fruitland and Muscatine trade workers both ways
Muscatine is the top workplace for Fruitland residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Fruitland come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fruitland is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Fruitland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fruitland has about 470 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 472 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Fruitland’s working residents head each day
Where Fruitland clocks in
43% of workers
4% 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 and out of Fruitland on a workday
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Fruitland on a workday afternoon, 49% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Fruitland: what the 26 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruitland, 2014 → 2024: 24 → 26. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fruitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Fruitland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruitland workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 525 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.
Fruitland’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Fruitland: questions
What is the median household income in Fruitland?
$103,424 (±$16,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruitland?
2.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruitland?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruitland work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muscatine (43%, 6 mi), Iowa City (7%, 30 mi), Davenport (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fruitland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fruitland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruitland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.