ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19117552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Mean one-way trip14.0 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 commute15.3 min → 14.0 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 11.1%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 76.7%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.7% ±1.9 pp
Carpool5.5% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk5.8% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 22,373 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate40,888± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+22,373± 820 MOE
Workers with travel time19,895± 781 MOE
Estimated home workers2,478± 444 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.