ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 191892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winnebago County, Iowa

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.7 min → 14.7 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 6.5%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 78.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±2.5 pp
Carpool7.3% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk6.4% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home6.5% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 5,181 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,583± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,181± 237 MOE
Workers with travel time4,844± 235 MOE
Estimated home workers337± 89 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.