ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 191352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe County, Iowa

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

79thMean commute percentile

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

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

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

66th60+ 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 the shares

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.