Work & commute · Fort Atkinson

Work & commute in Fort Atkinson, IA

Most working residents leave Fort Atkinson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Decorah (22%), Cresco (6%) and Cedar Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Fort Atkinson residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Atkinson.

148live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Atkinson goes to work

Decorah13.2 mi away

22%33

Cresco18.2 mi away

6%9

Cedar Rapids82.6 mi away

5%7

Waterloo49.8 mi away

4%6

Ossian8.6 mi away

3%5

Fort Atkinson (in town)right here

3%4

Calmar4.2 mi away

3%4

West Union14.2 mi away

3%4

Jackson Junction6.4 mi away

3%4

Mason City63.8 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%72

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

How far

How far Fort Atkinson commutes

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

22%

41%

31%

22%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Atkinson is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Atkinson are

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

Jobs based in Fort Atkinson

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fort Atkinson residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−23%

Jobs based in Fort Atkinson, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 41. 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.