Cedar Rapids

City Commute Profile

Cedar Rapids, IA

Where Cedar Rapids’s 66,117 resident workers go each day — 57.3% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Marion.

IowaLODES 2023 data
78
Commute Score

78 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Cedar Rapids at a glance
Employed Residents
66,117
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
16.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
57.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Marion
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cedar Rapids proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Cedar Rapids commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Cedar Rapids

66,117 commutes, one dot at a time

Cedar Rapids

Where 66,117 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Cedar Rapids, by worker count.

1Cedar Rapids0.0 mi37,854
2Marion6.0 mi3,620
3Hiawatha4.9 mi2,886
4Iowa City23.8 mi2,852
5Coralville20.3 mi1,658
6Homestead18.3 mi1,224
7Des Moines104.1 mi1,108
8North Liberty16.5 mi871

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cedar Rapids.

1Cedar Rapids0.0 mi37,854
2Marion6.0 mi10,364
3Iowa City23.8 mi2,479
4Hiawatha4.9 mi1,889
5North Liberty16.5 mi1,773
6Coralville20.3 mi1,243
7Dubuque62.0 mi1,123
8Des Moines104.1 mi1,033

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cedar Rapids’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing14.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.4%
RTRetail Trade10.4%
EDEducational Services8.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.4%
FIFinance and Insurance6.9%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.0%

Cedar Rapids city profile

Who lives in Cedar Rapids — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
137,264
Median age
37.3yrs
Median household income
$70,424
Median home value
$187,100
Median gross rent
$967/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.1%
Poverty rate
10.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Cedar Rapids

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

13 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps23%
5 Gbps1%
8 Gbps1%
See all internet providers in Cedar Rapids

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