Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190332024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.6 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.6 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±2.5 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 Cerro Gordo 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 +0.7 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 Cerro Gordo County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.8% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 21,074 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cerro Gordo County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cerro Gordo County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 21,074 workers age 16+, including 19,551 workers with reported travel time and 1,523 home workers.
Population estimate42,632± — MOE
Workers age 16+21,074± 503 MOE
Workers with travel time19,551± 534 MOE
Estimated home workers1,523± 289 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 Cerro Gordo County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.