Hale Bridge · Photo: Joseph Elliott · Public domainOlin has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 38 minutes, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 70 jobs are based in Olin; 310 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Olin; the top destination outside it is Cedar Rapids (24%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Olin, in brief
Olin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Olin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Olin is Cedar Rapids, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (73) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Olin is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Olin, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olin has about 420 people in it, 37% 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 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Olin, about 38 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olin workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 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.
The distance from Olin to work
About 25% 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.
Olin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Olin on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Olin to work: where people go
Where Olin clocks in
24% of workers
8% 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 Olin’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olin, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 70. 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 Olin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Olin: questions
What is the median household income in Olin?
$51,932 (±$18,764) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olin?
20.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olin?
38 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (24%, 28 mi), Anamosa (8%, 10 mi), Monticello (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Olin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olin
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.