ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19594752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange City, Iowa

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

0thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% 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.

56thTransit percentile

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

1th60+ 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 the shares

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.