Dunkerton Bridge · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Dunkerton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 209 jobs are based in Dunkerton; 384 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Dunkerton; the top destination outside it is Waterloo (43%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dunkerton stands out on work
Where the trip to work from Dunkerton ends
Where Dunkerton clocks in
43% of workers
12% of workers
2% 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.
Who works in Dunkerton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 362 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Dunkerton on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
What Dunkerton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunkerton, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 209. 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 Dunkerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Dunkerton: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunkerton workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 commuters (the 12% 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.
The distance from Dunkerton to work
About 20% 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 Dunkerton: questions
What is the median household income in Dunkerton?
$86,413 (±$5,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunkerton?
7.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunkerton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunkerton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterloo (43%, 11 mi), Cedar Falls (12%, 15 mi), Cedar Rapids (2%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dunkerton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunkerton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunkerton
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.