What is the average commute in Mills County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 191292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mills County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Mills County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home10.1%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Mills County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 25.6 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 10.1%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 72.7%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mills County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±4.4 pp

Carpool12.1% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk4.5% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.3 pp

Work from home10.1% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 6,983 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mills County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

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

10^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mills County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,983 workers age 16+, including 6,278 workers with reported travel time and 705 home workers.

Population estimate14,568± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,983± 262 MOE

Workers with travel time6,278± 280 MOE

Estimated home workers705± 163 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 Mills 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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