What is the average commute in Worth County, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 191952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Worth County, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Worth County, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 11.3% worked from home, 75.0% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home11.3%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone75.0%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Worth 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 +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 21.4 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 11.3%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.8% → 75.0%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Worth County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.0% ±3.2 pp

Carpool8.8% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home11.3% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 3,836 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Worth County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

17^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Worth County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,836 workers age 16+, including 3,403 workers with reported travel time and 433 home workers.

Population estimate7,350± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,836± 141 MOE

Workers with travel time3,403± 153 MOE

Estimated home workers433± 84 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 Worth 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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