Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190812024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hancock County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 7.1% worked from home, 78.1% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.1 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Hancock County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.1 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 Hancock County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,248 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hancock County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hancock County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,248 workers age 16+, including 4,878 workers with reported travel time and 370 home workers.
Population estimate10,671± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,248± 213 MOE
Workers with travel time4,878± 223 MOE
Estimated home workers370± 114 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 Hancock County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.