Most of Fontanelle commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Fontanelle; the top destination outside it is Greenfield (36%, 5 miles). There are 90 jobs in Fontanelle for 310 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fontanelle: the figures worth knowing
Fontanelle and Greenfield trade workers both ways
Greenfield is the top workplace for Fontanelle residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Fontanelle come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fontanelle is a place people come home to
There are 90 jobs based in Fontanelle, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fontanelle has about 450 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fontanelle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Fontanelle’s residents
Where Fontanelle clocks in
36% of workers
4% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Fontanelle
On a workday 306 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Fontanelle on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Fontanelle’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fontanelle workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 16% 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.
What Fontanelle’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fontanelle, 2014 → 2024: 141 → 90. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fontanelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Fontanelle
About 27% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Fontanelle: questions
What is the median household income in Fontanelle?
$67,750 (±$16,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fontanelle?
4.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fontanelle?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fontanelle work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (36%, 5 mi), Des Moines (5%, 53 mi), Creston (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fontanelle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fontanelle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fontanelle
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.