Photo: Mostly Iowa Edits · CC BY-SA 4.0Stanwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute takes 29 minutes each way (Iowa 20, U.S. 26). There are 93 jobs in Stanwood for 299 working residents. Only 2% stay in Stanwood for work; outside it, Cedar Rapids is the main destination (20%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stanwood at work: what stands out
Stanwood’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stanwood is Cedar Rapids, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (60) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stanwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical 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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stanwood
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Stanwood’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanwood workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 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.
Stanwood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Stanwood on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Stanwood goes to work
Where Stanwood clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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 Stanwood’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanwood, 2014 → 2024: 148 → 93. 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 Stanwood’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 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 Stanwood: questions
What is the median household income in Stanwood?
$63,264 (±$15,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanwood?
12.8%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanwood?
29 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Rapids (20%, 28 mi), Iowa City (10%, 26 mi), Tipton (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Stanwood 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 Stanwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanwood
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.