Photo: Mitch199811 · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Sageville’s working residents commute to Dubuque
Home is the office for 13% of workers; Iowa has 11%. A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes, next to 20 for Iowa and 26 for the U.S. Sageville has 298 jobs; 210 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Sageville apart on work
More than half of Sageville works in Dubuque
131 working residents, 62%, have their main job in Dubuque, 3.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 62 times as many as work in Sageville itself. The commute map ↓
Most Sageville residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Sageville are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 20 across Iowa. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Iowa worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
62% of working residents work in Dubuque
Where Sageville clocks in
62% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
How far Sageville goes to work
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting from Sageville: about 15 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sageville workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 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.
Who works in Sageville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 296 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Sageville on a workday afternoon, 90% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Sageville makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sageville, 2014 → 2024: 272 → 298. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sageville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 62% of Sageville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Dubuque. Darker towns draw more of Sageville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Sageville: questions
What is the median household income in Sageville?
$60,625 (±$36,030) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sageville?
28.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sageville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sageville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (62%, 4 mi), Davenport (3%, 69 mi), Peosta (2%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sageville 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 Sageville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sageville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.