Taylor's Ford Bridge · Photo: Kevin Schuchmann · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rowley works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26. Employers in Rowley report 23 jobs; 131 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Rowley for work; outside it, Cedar Rapids is the main destination (22%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Rowley
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Rowley on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 places Rowley commutes to
Where Rowley clocks in
22% of workers
12% 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.
87% of the jobs in Rowley pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rowley, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 23. 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 Rowley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Rowley: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rowley workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 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.
The distance from Rowley to work
About 21% 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 Rowley: questions
What is the median household income in Rowley?
$60,313 (±$7,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rowley?
9.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rowley?
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 Rowley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (22%, 29 mi), Independence (13%, 7 mi), Waterloo (12%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rowley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rowley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rowley
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.