What is the average commute in Shelby County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 191652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shelby County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Shelby County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 12.8% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.8%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone75.6%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Shelby County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 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 commute17.4 min → 18.5 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 12.8%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 75.6%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shelby County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 12.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±4.6 pp

Carpool4.4% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp

Walk5.7% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home12.8% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,681 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shelby County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

18^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

35^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shelby County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,681 workers age 16+, including 4,952 workers with reported travel time and 729 home workers.

Population estimate11,778± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,681± 300 MOE

Workers with travel time4,952± 325 MOE

Estimated home workers729± 170 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 Shelby 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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