What is the average commute in Dallas County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 190492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dallas County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Dallas County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 20.2% worked from home, 70.4% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±1.0 min MOE

Worked from home20.2%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone70.4%±1.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Dallas County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 21.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 20.2%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 70.4%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dallas County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 20.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.4% ±1.6 pp

Carpool6.3% ±1.0 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home20.2% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 58,788 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dallas County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

4^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dallas County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 58,788 workers age 16+, including 46,892 workers with reported travel time and 11,896 home workers.

Population estimate107,968± — MOE

Workers age 16+58,788± 875 MOE

Workers with travel time46,892± 1,101 MOE

Estimated home workers11,896± 867 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 Dallas County

These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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