Most of Dumont commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% stay in Dumont for work; outside it, Hampton is the main destination (12%, 12 miles). Dumont has 63 jobs for 252 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Iowa as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dumont, in a few figures
Dumont is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Dumont, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dumont has about 420 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Dumont workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 252 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Dumont by day
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Dumont on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Dumont: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dumont workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 323 commuters (the 1% 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.
Where Dumont’s working residents head each day
Where Dumont clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Dumont
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dumont, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 63. 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 Dumont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Dumont
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
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 Dumont: questions
What is the median household income in Dumont?
$58,214 (±$9,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dumont?
9.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dumont?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dumont work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hampton (12%, 12 mi), Iowa Falls (5%, 22 mi), Cedar Falls (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dumont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dumont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dumont
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.