ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fremont County, Iowa

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 80.7% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone80.7%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Fremont County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.7 min → 22.3 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 8.1%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 80.7%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fremont County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

Drive alone80.7% ±2.6 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.4% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.1% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 3,065 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fremont 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.

38thMean commute percentile

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

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fremont County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,065 workers age 16+, including 2,817 workers with reported travel time and 248 home workers.

Population estimate6,514± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,065± 116 MOE
Workers with travel time2,817± 134 MOE
Estimated home workers248± 72 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 Fremont 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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