Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Bondurant are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 6.2% (Iowa 11.1%). For jobs and income Bondurant is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 6% stay in Bondurant for work; outside it, Des Moines is the main destination (31%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bondurant at work: what stands out
Jobs in Bondurant have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Bondurant went from 556 in 2013 to 4,711 in 2023, +747%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
74% of the jobs in Bondurant are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Bondurant trades workers with the towns around it
Bondurant has about as many jobs (4,711) as working residents (4,150), but they are mostly different people: 3,907 residents leave for work each day while 4,468 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Bondurant are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Bondurant and Des Moines trade workers both ways
Des Moines is the top workplace for Bondurant residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Bondurant come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bondurant
74% of Bondurant residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Bondurant pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bondurant
Unemployment is its strongest input (0.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bondurant could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What Bondurant’s employers do
4,711 jobs are based in Bondurant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bondurant, 2013 → 2023: 556 → 4,711. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bondurant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,907 residents head out to work, 243 work right here, and 4,468 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Bondurant’s working residents head each day
Where Bondurant clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Bondurant spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bondurant workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,021 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Bondurant commutes less than 12 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bondurant is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.4% across Iowa.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,676 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Bondurant households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bondurant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,000, Bondurant ranks 178th of 2,751 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Eldridge IA | 6,954 | $106K | 1.3% | 1.0% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Scituate RI | 10,767 | $112K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 177 | New Baltimore VA | 11,919 | $189K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 178 | Bondurant IA | 9,647 | $136K | 6.2% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 179 | Falmouth ME | 12,982 | $151K | 2.3% | 2.7% | 13% | A+ |
| 180 | Edgewood KY | 8,503 | $119K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Tiffin IA | 7,156 | $101K | 7.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 615 | Sioux Center IA | 8,864 | $93K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 50% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,751 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bondurant, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
Bondurant and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Altoona (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bondurant’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bondurant: questions
What is the median household income in Bondurant?
$135,674 (±$12,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bondurant?
6.2%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bondurant?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bondurant work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (31%, 12 mi), Ankeny (15%, 8 mi), West Des Moines (10%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bondurant walkable?
Bondurant is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bondurant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bondurant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bondurant
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.