What is the average commute in Cass County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 190292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cass County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Cass County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.1 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.1 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home10.0%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone79.7%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.1%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 Cass County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 15.1 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 10.0%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 79.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cass County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.

Drive alone79.7% ±3.0 pp

Carpool4.9% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk3.8% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home10.0% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,548 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cass County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cass County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,548 workers age 16+, including 5,893 workers with reported travel time and 655 home workers.

Population estimate13,096± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,548± 269 MOE

Workers with travel time5,893± 302 MOE

Estimated home workers655± 189 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 Cass 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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