What is the average commute in Pocahontas County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 191512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pocahontas County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Pocahontas County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home5.4%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone79.9%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Pocahontas County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.1 min → 20.7 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 5.4%▼ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 79.9%▲ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pocahontas County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.

Drive alone79.9% ±3.7 pp

Carpool11.3% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.9% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home5.4% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 3,198 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pocahontas County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

29^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% 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.

54^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pocahontas County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,198 workers age 16+, including 3,025 workers with reported travel time and 173 home workers.

Population estimate7,046± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,198± 159 MOE

Workers with travel time3,025± 160 MOE

Estimated home workers173± 44 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 Pocahontas 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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