Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19095502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Burlington, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.1 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.1 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±3.1 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 Burlington city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 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 Burlington city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 1.1% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 11,177 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Burlington city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 7th 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 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 69% 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 Burlington city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 11,177 workers age 16+, including 10,611 workers with reported travel time and 566 home workers.
Population estimate23,728± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+11,177± 451 MOE
Workers with travel time10,611± 513 MOE
Estimated home workers566± 246 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 Burlington city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.