ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19162302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Coralville, Iowa

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.3%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 19.3 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 13.3%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit4.6% → 4.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 74.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±3.8 pp
Carpool4.9% ±1.7 pp
Public transit4.0% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home13.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 12,734 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.

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,234± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+12,734± 602 MOE
Workers with travel time11,046± 605 MOE
Estimated home workers1,688± 320 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.