Workforce

Cedar County, and Tipton in particular, possesses an educated labor force with a strong Iowan work ethic. The entire 28-mile radius laborshed area for Cedar County encompasses over 144,000 potential employees. Not only will companies draw from Tipton and other Cedar County municipalities for labor, but it's shown that the metro Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Muscatine, and the Quad City areas can and so supply labor for the Tipton area. Studies have shown that those who are willing to change employment in the Cedar County Laborshed area are willing to commute an average of nearly 30 miles one way for quality employment opportunities.

For more detailed laborshed information, please view the Cedar County Laborshed Analysis (489 KB .pdf file) by Iowa Workforce Development.