Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550492024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Iowa County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 13.8% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.2 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 Iowa County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Iowa County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 0.7% used public transit and 13.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,530 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Iowa County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Iowa County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,530 workers age 16+, including 10,802 workers with reported travel time and 1,728 home workers.
Population estimate23,867± — MOE
Workers age 16+12,530± 272 MOE
Workers with travel time10,802± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers1,728± 206 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
All Wisconsin reports →Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Iowa County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.