ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19573602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Liberty, Iowa

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 24.6 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 16.3%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 74.9%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.9% ±4.8 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home16.3% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 11,728 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,125± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+11,728± 526 MOE
Workers with travel time9,819± 645 MOE
Estimated home workers1,909± 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.