Work & commute · Mona

Work & commute in Mona, IA

Most working residents leave Mona for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are St. Ansgar (29%), Osage (24%) and Stacyville (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

54%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16 Mona residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mona.

16live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mona goes to work

St. Ansgar7.5 mi away

29%5

Osage15.8 mi away

24%4

Stacyville9.1 mi away

6%1

Allison51.3 mi away

6%1

Northwood13.5 mi away

6%1

Waverly58.2 mi away

6%1

Ames106.4 mi away

6%1

Mansfield, MN31.7 mi away

6%1

Mona (in town)right here

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

6%1

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

How far

How far Mona commutes

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

41%

35%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mona is a job hub

2.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mona are

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

Jobs based in Mona

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month2%

Over $3,333 a month98%

Jobs Mona residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+18%

Jobs based in Mona, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 46. 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.