Photo: Mostly Iowa Edits · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in High Amana
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Iowa 11%). Hardly any work in High Amana itself; outside it, Cedar Rapids draws the most (16%, 18 miles). Employers in High Amana report 50 jobs; 64 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of High Amana
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22 people are in High Amana on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of High Amana: the destinations
Where High Amana clocks in
16% 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.
88% of the jobs in High Amana make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in High Amana, 2014 → 2024: 58 → 50. 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 High Amana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in High Amana
of High Amana workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 0% 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 High Amana goes to work
About 19% 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 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 High Amana: questions
What is the poverty rate in High Amana?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in High Amana work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (16%, 18 mi), Iowa City (13%, 24 mi), Amana (11%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around High Amana 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 High Amana, from the people who make the trip.
More of High Amana
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.