Work & commute · Iona

Work & commute in Iona, FL

Most working residents leave Iona for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (11%), Cape Coral (5%) and Villas (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

337 of 4,784 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,447 Iona residents head out of town to work, 337 work right here, and 3,565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iona.

4,447live here, work elsewhere

337live and work here

3,565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iona goes to work

Fort Myers10.6 mi away

11%528

Iona (in town)right here

7%337

Cape Coral9 mi away

5%246

Villas6.3 mi away

3%139

Bonita Springs15.7 mi away

2%114

Punta Rassa2.8 mi away

2%114

Cypress Lake4.1 mi away

2%104

Sanibel10.1 mi away

2%85

Naples27.3 mi away

2%79

Tampa105.1 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%2,966

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Iona commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

19%

34%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Iona are

3,902 jobs are based in Iona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Iona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Iona

3,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Iona residents hold

4,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+46%

Jobs based in Iona, 2013 → 2023: 2,678 → 3,902. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.