Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190572024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Des Moines County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.0 min one way; 4.2% worked from home, 82.8% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.0 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone82.8%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Des Moines County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 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 Des Moines County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.8%; 0.9% used public transit and 4.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 18,273 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Des Moines County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 7th 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 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Des Moines County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 18,273 workers age 16+, including 17,503 workers with reported travel time and 770 home workers.
Population estimate38,487± — MOE
Workers age 16+18,273± 532 MOE
Workers with travel time17,503± 592 MOE
Estimated home workers770± 256 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 Des Moines County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.