What is the average commute in Kossuth County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 191092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kossuth County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Kossuth County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.3 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home7.2%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone79.7%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.8%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 Kossuth 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 -1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.3 min → 16.3 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 7.2%▼ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.4% → 79.7%▲ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kossuth County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone79.7% ±2.4 pp

Carpool7.9% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk3.8% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home7.2% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 6,998 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kossuth County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

48^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kossuth County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,998 workers age 16+, including 6,495 workers with reported travel time and 503 home workers.

Population estimate14,516± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,998± 309 MOE

Workers with travel time6,495± 307 MOE

Estimated home workers503± 110 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 Kossuth 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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