Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 191312024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mitchell County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.5 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Mitchell County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 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 Mitchell County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,432 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mitchell County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 18th 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 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mitchell County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,432 workers age 16+, including 4,788 workers with reported travel time and 644 home workers.
Population estimate10,575± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,432± 184 MOE
Workers with travel time4,788± 225 MOE
Estimated home workers644± 160 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 Mitchell County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.