What is the average commute in Calhoun County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 190252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Calhoun County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Calhoun County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone78.8%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Calhoun County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.4 min → 22.3 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 7.6%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 78.8%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Calhoun County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±3.1 pp

Carpool8.3% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.4% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp

Work from home7.6% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 4,271 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Calhoun County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

38^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

64^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Calhoun County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,271 workers age 16+, including 3,945 workers with reported travel time and 326 home workers.

Population estimate9,803± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,271± 163 MOE

Workers with travel time3,945± 161 MOE

Estimated home workers326± 73 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 Calhoun 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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