What is the average commute in Creston city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 12.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 19172652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Creston, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Creston city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.3 min one way; 2.3% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.3 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home2.3%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone81.5%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.6%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 Creston city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.4 min → 12.3 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.2% → 2.3%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 81.5%▲ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Creston city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±5.2 pp

Carpool9.9% ±4.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk6.4% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home2.3% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 3,265 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Creston city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

42^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Creston city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,265 workers age 16+, including 3,191 workers with reported travel time and 74 home workers.

Population estimate7,435± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+3,265± 282 MOE

Workers with travel time3,191± 274 MOE

Estimated home workers74± 40 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 Creston 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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