Youngville Cafe · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Newhall has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Newhall for work; outside it, Cedar Rapids is the main destination (42%, 15 miles). Newhall has 74 jobs; 477 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Newhall
42% of Newhall works in Cedar Rapids
201 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Cedar Rapids, 15 miles away. That’s 42 times as many as work in Newhall itself. The commute map ↓
Newhall is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in Newhall, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newhall has about 500 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 477 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Newhall ends
Where Newhall clocks in
42% of workers
3% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Newhall
On a workday 473 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Newhall on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
What Newhall’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newhall, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 74. 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 Newhall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Newhall spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newhall workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 410 commuters (the 13% 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 many miles Newhall commutes
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 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 Newhall: questions
What is the median household income in Newhall?
$67,443 (±$13,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newhall?
12.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newhall?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newhall work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (42%, 15 mi), Iowa City (5%, 32 mi), Hiawatha (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Newhall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newhall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newhall
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.