What is the average commute in Boone city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Boone city, Iowa work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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.

PLACE · IA · GEOID 19074802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boone, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Boone city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone79.2%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Boone city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 19.2 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 7.6%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 79.2%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Boone city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone79.2% ±3.8 pp

Carpool9.3% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.0% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.9 pp

Work from home7.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,723 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Boone city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Boone city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,723 workers age 16+, including 6,210 workers with reported travel time and 513 home workers.

Population estimate12,424± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+6,723± 300 MOE

Workers with travel time6,210± 341 MOE

Estimated home workers513± 197 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 Boone city

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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