Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19586202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Oelwein, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.8 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Oelwein city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 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 Oelwein city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,293 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Oelwein city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 37th 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 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Oelwein city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,293 workers age 16+, including 2,172 workers with reported travel time and 121 home workers.
Population estimate5,834± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,293± 194 MOE
Workers with travel time2,172± 184 MOE
Estimated home workers121± 87 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 Oelwein city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.