ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 191932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodbury County, Iowa

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute17.6 min → 18.1 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 5.6%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 79.5%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±1.7 pp
Carpool11.2% ±1.2 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home5.6% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 51,793 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate106,247± — MOE
Workers age 16+51,793± 829 MOE
Workers with travel time48,901± 912 MOE
Estimated home workers2,892± 514 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.