What is the average commute in Marion city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 19494852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marion, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Marion city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 19.3% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home19.3%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone72.0%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Marion city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.8 min → 19.2 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 19.3%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 72.0%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Marion city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.4% used public transit and 19.3% worked from home.

Drive alone72.0% ±3.5 pp

Carpool5.7% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home19.3% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 20,919 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Marion city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k 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 25k–100k population band.

72^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Marion city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,919 workers age 16+, including 16,880 workers with reported travel time and 4,039 home workers.

Population estimate41,896± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+20,919± 682 MOE

Workers with travel time16,880± 802 MOE

Estimated home workers4,039± 487 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 Marion 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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