ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19130802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cherokee, Iowa

Mean one-way trip12.4 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.2%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute17.7 min → 12.4 min▼ 5.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 8.5%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.7%▲ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 79.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.2% ±7.3 pp
Carpool7.6% ±4.1 pp
Public transit1.7% ±2.2 pp
Walk2.9% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.5% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 2,554 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,154± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+2,554± 222 MOE
Workers with travel time2,336± 216 MOE
Estimated home workers218± 109 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.