Most of Masonville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average (Iowa 20, U.S. 26). Masonville has 3 jobs; 49 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Masonville itself; outside it, Manchester draws the most (37%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Masonville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Masonville on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
Where Masonville’s working residents head each day
Where Masonville clocks in
37% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
What Masonville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Masonville, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 3. 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 Masonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Masonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Masonville workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Masonville
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 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 Masonville: questions
What is the median household income in Masonville?
$50,000 (±$11,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Masonville?
8.8%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Masonville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Masonville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (37%, 7 mi), Cedar Rapids (18%, 36 mi), Edgewood (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Masonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Masonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Masonville
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.