Work & commute · Fontanelle

Work & commute in Fontanelle, IA

Most working residents leave Fontanelle for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (36%), Des Moines (6%) and Creston (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 297 Fontanelle residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fontanelle.

297live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fontanelle goes to work

Greenfield5.4 mi away

36%111

Des Moines52.9 mi away

6%18

Creston18.8 mi away

6%17

West Des Moines44.2 mi away

3%10

Fontanelle (in town)right here

3%9

Guthrie Center27 mi away

2%6

Ames70.3 mi away

2%6

Urbandale47 mi away

2%5

Adel35.9 mi away

1%4

Atlantic25 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%116

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

How far

How far Fontanelle commutes

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

43%

13%

17%

26%

43%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fontanelle is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fontanelle are

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

Jobs based in Fontanelle

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Fontanelle residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−43%

Jobs based in Fontanelle, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 87. 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.