Work & commute · Donnellson

Work & commute in Donnellson, IA

Most working residents leave Donnellson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Madison (18%), Keokuk (10%) and Mount Pleasant (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 388 Donnellson residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Donnellson.

388live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Donnellson goes to work

Fort Madison11.5 mi away

18%72

Keokuk18.4 mi away

10%40

Mount Pleasant21.9 mi away

6%25

West Burlington23.7 mi away

5%19

Burlington25.6 mi away

4%17

West Point7.5 mi away

3%11

Davenport80.4 mi away

3%11

Donnellson (in town)right here

2%9

Iowa City69.8 mi away

2%7

Dubuque135.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%179

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

How far

How far Donnellson commutes

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

23%

42%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Donnellson is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Donnellson are

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

Jobs based in Donnellson

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Donnellson residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−25%

Jobs based in Donnellson, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 124. 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.