Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19110802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Carroll, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.8 min one way; 6.4% worked from home, 82.8% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip11.8 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.4%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone82.8%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Carroll city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 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 Carroll city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.8%; 1.3% used public transit and 6.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,087 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Carroll city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 1th 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 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Carroll city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,087 workers age 16+, including 4,763 workers with reported travel time and 324 home workers.
Population estimate10,208± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+5,087± 287 MOE
Workers with travel time4,763± 304 MOE
Estimated home workers324± 116 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 Carroll city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.