Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 191112024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lee County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.4 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 Lee County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 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 Lee County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,511 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lee County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 18th 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 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lee County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,511 workers age 16+, including 13,621 workers with reported travel time and 890 home workers.
Population estimate32,893± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,511± 498 MOE
Workers with travel time13,621± 465 MOE
Estimated home workers890± 252 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 Lee County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.