Work & commute · Fonda

Work & commute in Fonda, IA

Most working residents leave Fonda for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pocahontas (11%), Fort Dodge (8%) and Laurens (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 207 Fonda residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fonda.

207live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fonda goes to work

Pocahontas14.1 mi away

11%24

Fort Dodge34.5 mi away

8%18

Laurens18.4 mi away

4%9

Fonda (in town)right here

4%8

Newell8.3 mi away

4%8

Humboldt33 mi away

3%7

Des Moines94.2 mi away

3%7

Lytton11 mi away

3%6

Manson16 mi away

3%6

Gilmore City23.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%117

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

How far

How far Fonda commutes

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

12%

40%

23%

25%

12%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fonda is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fonda are

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

Jobs based in Fonda

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Fonda residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−20%

Jobs based in Fonda, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 86. 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.