What is the average commute in Montgomery County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 191372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Montgomery County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 13.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home10.0%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.8%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.4%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 Montgomery 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 +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.1 min → 22.3 min▲ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 10.0%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 77.8%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Montgomery County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.

Drive alone77.8% ±4.6 pp

Carpool10.2% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.9% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home10.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,609 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Montgomery County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

38^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% 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.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Montgomery County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,609 workers age 16+, including 4,148 workers with reported travel time and 461 home workers.

Population estimate10,214± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,609± 303 MOE

Workers with travel time4,148± 308 MOE

Estimated home workers461± 157 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 Montgomery 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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