Work & commute · Dunkerton

Work & commute in Dunkerton, IA

Most working residents leave Dunkerton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (43%), Cedar Falls (12%) and Cedar Rapids (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 362 Dunkerton residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunkerton.

362live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunkerton goes to work

Waterloo11.1 mi away

43%165

Cedar Falls15.4 mi away

12%46

Dunkerton (in town)right here

6%22

Cedar Rapids48.5 mi away

2%8

Des Moines101.3 mi away

2%8

Jesup8.1 mi away

2%7

Waverly19 mi away

2%6

Dubuque74.1 mi away

2%6

Coralville66.7 mi away

1%5

La Porte City17.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%107

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

How far

How far Dunkerton commutes

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

20%

55%

20%

20%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunkerton is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunkerton are

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

Jobs based in Dunkerton

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Dunkerton residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+11%

Jobs based in Dunkerton, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 209. 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.