Photo: Billwhittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Mondamin earns its living
There are 105 jobs in Mondamin, and 148 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Mondamin for work; outside it, Omaha is the main destination (18%, 31 miles). Working residents average 26 minutes each way; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mondamin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Mondamin on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Mondamin’s working residents head each day
Where Mondamin clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mondamin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mondamin, 2014 → 2024: 120 → 105. 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 Mondamin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Mondamin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mondamin workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mondamin
About 18% 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 Mondamin: questions
What is the median household income in Mondamin?
$75,000 (±$27,691) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mondamin?
12.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mondamin?
26 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mondamin work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (18%, 31 mi), Woodbine (16%, 16 mi), Missouri Valley (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mondamin 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 Mondamin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mondamin
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.