What is the average commute in Centerville city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 19123152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Centerville, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Centerville city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.4 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 76.5% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.4 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home7.7%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone76.5%±5.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Centerville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.7 min → 14.4 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 7.7%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.6% → 76.5%▼ 14.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Centerville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.

Drive alone76.5% ±5.7 pp

Carpool9.0% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.2% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle2.5% ±2.3 pp

Work from home7.7% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 2,360 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Centerville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% 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.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Centerville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,360 workers age 16+, including 2,178 workers with reported travel time and 182 home workers.

Population estimate5,372± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+2,360± 247 MOE

Workers with travel time2,178± 228 MOE

Estimated home workers182± 108 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 Centerville 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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