Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Oxford Junction commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 36 minutes each way (Iowa 20, U.S. 26). 57 jobs are based in Oxford Junction, against 183 working residents. Hardly any stay in Oxford Junction for work; outside it, Cedar Rapids is the main destination (10%, 37 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Oxford Junction, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 182 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Oxford Junction on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ Oxford Junction’s residents
Where Oxford Junction clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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 Oxford Junction, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oxford Junction, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 57. 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 Oxford Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Oxford Junction: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oxford Junction workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 122 commuters (the 11% 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 commute from Oxford Junction, by distance
About 22% 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 Oxford Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Oxford Junction?
$37,969 (±$20,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oxford Junction?
15.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oxford Junction?
36 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oxford Junction work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (10%, 37 mi), Wyoming (8%, 6 mi), Anamosa (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oxford Junction 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 Oxford Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oxford Junction
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.