What is the average commute in Sac County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 191612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sac County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Sac County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 4.7% worked from home, 86.0% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home4.7%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone86.0%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Sac County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.4 min → 21.7 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 4.7%▼ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.3% → 86.0%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sac County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.7% worked from home.

Drive alone86.0% ±2.8 pp

Carpool5.9% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home4.7% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 4,939 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sac County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

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

43^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sac County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,939 workers age 16+, including 4,709 workers with reported travel time and 230 home workers.

Population estimate9,689± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,939± 174 MOE

Workers with travel time4,709± 186 MOE

Estimated home workers230± 56 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 Sac 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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