A job hub: Wever has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 101 people come in to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Iowa has 11%. 101 jobs are based in Wever, against 38 working residents. Hardly any stay in Wever for work; outside it, Fort Madison is the main destination (21%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wever by day and by night
On a workday 38 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 210 people are in Wever on a workday afternoon, 44% more 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.
Commuting in to Wever: where workers come from
Where Wever clocks in
21% of workers
18% of workers
13% 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.
Wever makes things: 66% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wever, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 101. 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 Wever’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wever
of Wever workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 0% 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 Wever, by distance
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 Wever: questions
What is the median household income in Wever?
$43,750 (±$18,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wever?
16.2%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wever work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Madison (21%, 8 mi), West Burlington (18%, 8 mi), Burlington (13%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wever without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wever, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wever
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.