ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19095502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burlington, Iowa

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute14.7 min → 16.1 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 5.1%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.1%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 80.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.2% ±3.1 pp
Carpool11.3% ±2.5 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 11,177 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.