Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190192024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Buchanan County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.5 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 Buchanan County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.4 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 Buchanan County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,545 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Buchanan County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Buchanan County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,545 workers age 16+, including 9,655 workers with reported travel time and 890 home workers.
Population estimate20,694± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,545± 271 MOE
Workers with travel time9,655± 298 MOE
Estimated home workers890± 151 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 Buchanan County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.