What is the average commute in Cherokee city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 12.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 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 19130802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cherokee, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Cherokee city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.4 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Cherokee city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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 Cherokee city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 1.7% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

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

How Cherokee city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

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

34^thWork-from-home percentile

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

76^thTransit percentile

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

27^th60+ 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 Cherokee city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,554 workers age 16+, including 2,336 workers with reported travel time and 218 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Iowa commute records for Cherokee 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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