ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 290932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Iron County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.8%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 commute26.4 min → 26.9 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.5% → 7.0%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.0% → 78.8%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.8% ±1.8 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.0% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,778 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.

66thMean commute percentile

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

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,446± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,778± 215 MOE
Workers with travel time3,512± 220 MOE
Estimated home workers266± 78 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.