Work & commute · Fort Dodge

Work & commute in Fort Dodge, KS

Most working residents leave Fort Dodge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dodge City (50%), Dodge (13%) and Garden City (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 38 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 37 Fort Dodge residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Dodge.

37live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Dodge goes to work

Dodge City4.9 mi away

50%19

Dodge7.3 mi away

13%5

Garden City52.7 mi away

5%2

Spearville12.9 mi away

3%1

Hoxie115.5 mi away

3%1

Dighton59.3 mi away

3%1

Cimarron23 mi away

3%1

Russell99.3 mi away

3%1

Leawood299.2 mi away

3%1

Hutchinson113 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%5

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

How far

How far Fort Dodge commutes

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

66%

26%

66%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Dodge is a job hub

2.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Dodge are

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

Jobs based in Fort Dodge

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Fort Dodge residents hold

38 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−22%

Jobs based in Fort Dodge, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 95. 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.