What is the average commute in Orange City city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 10.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.3 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 19594752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange City, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Orange City city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 10.2 min one way; 16.4% worked from home, 70.7% drove alone, and 0.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip10.2 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home16.4%±5.3 pp MOE

Drove alone70.7%±5.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.3%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 Orange City 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 -1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute10.8 min → 10.2 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.9% → 16.4%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.4% → 70.7%▲ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Orange City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.7%; 0.5% used public transit and 16.4% worked from home.

Drive alone70.7% ±5.9 pp

Carpool6.1% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp

Walk5.8% ±2.8 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home16.4% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 3,241 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Orange City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 0th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

0^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

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

56^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Orange City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,241 workers age 16+, including 2,710 workers with reported travel time and 531 home workers.

Population estimate6,426± 35 MOE

Workers age 16+3,241± 292 MOE

Workers with travel time2,710± 305 MOE

Estimated home workers531± 177 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 Orange City 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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