ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19135752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clarinda, Iowa

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.2 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 77.6% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.6%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Clarinda city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.8 min → 16.2 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 5.4%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 77.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clarinda city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.6% ±8.8 pp
Carpool11.7% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home5.4% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 1,819 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clarinda city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clarinda city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,819 workers age 16+, including 1,720 workers with reported travel time and 99 home workers.

Population estimate5,353± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+1,819± 203 MOE
Workers with travel time1,720± 215 MOE
Estimated home workers99± 55 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 Clarinda 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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