Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19444002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Le Mars, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.3 min one way; 3.2% worked from home, 82.0% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone82.0%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Le Mars city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Le Mars city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 3.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,572 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Le Mars 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Le Mars city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,572 workers age 16+, including 5,391 workers with reported travel time and 181 home workers.
Population estimate10,640± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,572± 309 MOE
Workers with travel time5,391± 306 MOE
Estimated home workers181± 92 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
All Iowa reports →Comparable Iowa commute records for Le Mars city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.