What is the average commute in Newton city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 19565052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newton, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Newton city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 76.6% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home9.5%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone76.6%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.4%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 Newton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.5 min → 22.3 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 9.5%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 76.6%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Newton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone76.6% ±5.2 pp

Carpool9.5% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±1.7 pp

Work from home9.5% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 7,315 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Newton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Newton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,315 workers age 16+, including 6,618 workers with reported travel time and 697 home workers.

Population estimate15,700± 40 MOE

Workers age 16+7,315± 429 MOE

Workers with travel time6,618± 498 MOE

Estimated home workers697± 186 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 Newton 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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