Work & commute · Bonaparte

Work & commute in Bonaparte, IA

Most working residents leave Bonaparte for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Keosauqua (20%), Fairfield (17%) and Ottumwa (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 121 Bonaparte residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonaparte.

121live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonaparte goes to work

Keosauqua8.7 mi away

20%25

Fairfield22.8 mi away

17%21

Ottumwa39.4 mi away

10%12

Mount Pleasant22.4 mi away

5%6

Des Moines111.8 mi away

4%5

Bonaparte (in town)right here

2%2

Centerville56.1 mi away

2%2

Cedar Rapids87.5 mi away

2%2

Waterloo127 mi away

2%2

Douds17.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%44

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

How far

How far Bonaparte commutes

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

24%

30%

18%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonaparte is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonaparte are

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

Jobs based in Bonaparte

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Bonaparte residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−46%

Jobs based in Bonaparte, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 118. 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.