St. John's Lutheran Church · Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0For about two in five of its working residents, Frytown is a commute to Iowa City
There are 48 jobs in Frytown, against 70 working residents. Hardly any work in Frytown itself; outside it, Iowa City draws the most (40%, 12 miles). At 19 minutes each way, commutes from Frytown run about the Iowa average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Frytown by day and by night
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Frytown on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Out of Frytown to work: where people go
Where Frytown clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 83% of work in Frytown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frytown, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 48. 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 Frytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way, about the IA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frytown workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Frytown
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 Frytown: questions
What is the median household income in Frytown?
$104,911 (±$103,016) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frytown?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frytown?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frytown work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Frytown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frytown
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.