What is the average commute in Buena Vista County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 190212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Buena Vista County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Buena Vista County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.0 min one way; 5.6% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.0 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home5.6%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone72.5%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.5%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 Buena Vista County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.6 min → 14.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 5.6%▼ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 72.5%▲ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Buena Vista County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 5.6% worked from home.

Drive alone72.5% ±4.1 pp

Carpool16.4% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk4.4% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home5.6% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 10,153 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Buena Vista County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

31^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

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

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Buena Vista County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,153 workers age 16+, including 9,588 workers with reported travel time and 565 home workers.

Population estimate20,753± — MOE

Workers age 16+10,153± 353 MOE

Workers with travel time9,588± 367 MOE

Estimated home workers565± 116 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 Buena Vista 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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