What is the average commute in Grinnell 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 Grinnell city, Iowa work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 19331052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grinnell, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Grinnell city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.3 min one way; 17.6% worked from home, 54.3% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.3 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home17.6%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone54.3%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Grinnell city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.4 min → 12.3 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 17.6%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.9% → 54.3%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grinnell city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.6% worked from home.

Drive alone54.3% ±5.3 pp

Carpool4.5% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk19.9% ±4.5 pp

Bicycle3.3% ±1.9 pp

Work from home17.6% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 4,608 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grinnell 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.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% 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.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grinnell city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,608 workers age 16+, including 3,797 workers with reported travel time and 811 home workers.

Population estimate9,505± 52 MOE

Workers age 16+4,608± 245 MOE

Workers with travel time3,797± 275 MOE

Estimated home workers811± 195 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 Grinnell 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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