Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 191492024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Plymouth County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.2 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 Plymouth County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 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 Plymouth County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,375 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Plymouth County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Plymouth County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,375 workers age 16+, including 12,146 workers with reported travel time and 1,229 home workers.
Population estimate25,747± — MOE
Workers age 16+13,375± 396 MOE
Workers with travel time12,146± 427 MOE
Estimated home workers1,229± 254 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 Plymouth County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.