What is the average commute in Oskaloosa city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 19599252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oskaloosa, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Oskaloosa city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.0 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 2.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone79.4%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.1%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 Oskaloosa city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.0 min → 16.0 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 6.5%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 79.4%▲ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oskaloosa city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.4% ±4.0 pp

Carpool9.4% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk4.2% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 5,586 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oskaloosa city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oskaloosa city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,586 workers age 16+, including 5,223 workers with reported travel time and 363 home workers.

Population estimate11,504± 54 MOE

Workers age 16+5,586± 226 MOE

Workers with travel time5,223± 247 MOE

Estimated home workers363± 129 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 Oskaloosa 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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