Work & commute · Iona

Work & commute in Iona, MN

Most working residents leave Iona for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (13%), Clarissa (8%) and Browerville (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 184 Iona residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iona.

184live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iona goes to work

Long Prairie8.4 mi away

13%24

Clarissa4.1 mi away

8%15

Browerville5.1 mi away

8%14

Alexandria23.7 mi away

8%14

Eagle Bend7.2 mi away

5%10

Wadena27.1 mi away

4%7

Long Prairie9.5 mi away

3%6

Brainerd41.8 mi away

3%5

Parkers Prairie18.1 mi away

2%4

Staples22.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%82

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

How far

How far Iona commutes

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

37%

20%

22%

37%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iona is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iona are

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

Jobs based in Iona

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less75%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Iona residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−43%

Jobs based in Iona, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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.