Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19016302024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Altoona, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.5 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.5 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Altoona city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 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 Altoona city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,499 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Altoona city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Altoona city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,499 workers age 16+, including 9,133 workers with reported travel time and 1,366 home workers.
Population estimate21,495± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+10,499± 706 MOE
Workers with travel time9,133± 759 MOE
Estimated home workers1,366± 292 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 Iowa reports →Comparable Iowa commute records for Altoona city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.