Mooar has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 10 minutes each way, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Mooar report 3 jobs, and 141 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Mooar for work; outside it, Keokuk is the main destination (28%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Mooar
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6 people are in Mooar on a workday afternoon, 96% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Mooar to work: where people go
Where Mooar clocks in
28% of workers
17% 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 Mooar, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mooar, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mooar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 10 minutes from Mooar
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mooar workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 commuters (the 8% 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 Mooar
About 26% 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 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 Mooar: questions
What is the median household income in Mooar?
$69,423 (±$45,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mooar?
4.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mooar?
10 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mooar work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (28%, 3 mi), Fort Madison (17%, 14 mi), Iowa City (4%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mooar 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 Mooar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mooar
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.