Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Park View commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 171 jobs in Park View; 1,130 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Park View A; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Park View, in a few figures
Park View workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Park View is a place people come home to
There are 171 jobs based in Park View, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Park View has about 1,500 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Park View and Davenport trade workers both ways
Davenport is the top workplace for Park View residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Park View come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
How Park View earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Park View is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Park View could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
From Park View, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Park View workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,059 commuters (the 12% 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.
Park View quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,122 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Park View on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
38% of working residents work in Davenport
Where Park View clocks in
38% of workers
11% 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 Park View’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Park View, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 171. 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 Park View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Park View commutes less than 11 miles
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Park View is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Park View is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.4% across Iowa.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,204 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Park View households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Park View’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Park View ranks 369th of 5,207 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Van Meter IA | 1,978 | $135K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Ely IA | 2,366 | $106K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Granger IA | 2,179 | $112K | 3.4% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 367 | Benton Township OH | 2,358 | $116K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| 368 | Crystal Lawns IL | 1,766 | $82K | 7.0% | 0.9% | <1% | A |
| 369 | Park View IA | 2,437 | $113K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| 370 | Pine Beach NJ | 2,233 | $143K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 371 | Cedar Lake Township MN | 3,080 | $174K | 2.9% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Park View, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
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 Park View: questions
What is the median household income in Park View?
$113,409 (±$21,523) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Park View?
2.8%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Park View?
37 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Park View work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (38%, 10 mi), Eldridge (11%, 4 mi), Bettendorf (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Park View walkable?
Park View is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Park View 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 Park View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Park View
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.