What is the average commute in Monroe County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 191352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Monroe County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 10.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home9.0%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone78.4%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.0%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 Monroe County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.2 min → 29.4 min▲ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 9.0%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 78.4%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monroe County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone78.4% ±4.8 pp

Carpool9.8% ±4.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home9.0% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 3,539 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monroe County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% 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.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monroe County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,539 workers age 16+, including 3,220 workers with reported travel time and 319 home workers.

Population estimate7,513± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,539± 186 MOE

Workers with travel time3,220± 206 MOE

Estimated home workers319± 121 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 Monroe 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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