Work & commute · Doon

Work & commute in Doon, IA

Most working residents leave Doon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (10%), Inwood (9%) and Rock Valley (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 267 Doon residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doon.

267live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doon goes to work

Sioux Falls, SD30.9 mi away

10%28

Inwood10.3 mi away

9%24

Rock Valley6 mi away

8%23

Rock Rapids10.8 mi away

7%18

Lester12.2 mi away

4%12

Sioux Center14.4 mi away

4%12

Larchwood15.8 mi away

3%9

Hull8 mi away

2%6

Doon (in town)right here

2%5

Sioux City54.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%130

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

How far

How far Doon commutes

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

20%

46%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doon is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Doon are

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

Jobs based in Doon

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Doon residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−65%

Jobs based in Doon, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 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.