What is the average commute in Adair County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Adair County, Iowa work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Adair County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Adair County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 11.2% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home11.2%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone80.1%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.6%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Adair County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute23.3 min → 20.4 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 11.2%▲ 6.0 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.1% → 0.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 80.1%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Adair County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.4% used public transit and 11.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±3.0 pp

Carpool5.7% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.8 pp

Work from home11.2% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 3,699 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Adair County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

28^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Adair County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,699 workers age 16+, including 3,285 workers with reported travel time and 414 home workers.

Population estimate7,460± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,699± 137 MOE

Workers with travel time3,285± 166 MOE

Estimated home workers414± 82 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Iowa commute records for Adair County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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