What is the average commute in Clear Lake city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 19140252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clear Lake, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Clear Lake city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.6 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home10.2%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.0%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 Clear Lake city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.8 min → 18.6 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 10.2%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.2%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 79.3%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clear Lake city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 1.2% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±3.7 pp

Carpool6.0% ±2.5 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.1 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home10.2% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,750 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clear Lake city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clear Lake city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,750 workers age 16+, including 3,366 workers with reported travel time and 384 home workers.

Population estimate7,607± 20 MOE

Workers age 16+3,750± 285 MOE

Workers with travel time3,366± 270 MOE

Estimated home workers384± 153 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 Clear Lake 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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