Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Black Hawk County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.9 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.9 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 Black Hawk County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Black Hawk County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 65,820 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Black Hawk County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 0th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Black Hawk County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 65,820 workers age 16+, including 59,987 workers with reported travel time and 5,833 home workers.
Population estimate131,049± — MOE
Workers age 16+65,820± 1,095 MOE
Workers with travel time59,987± 1,145 MOE
Estimated home workers5,833± 653 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
All Iowa reports →Comparable Iowa commute records for Black Hawk County
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.