What is the average commute in Pleasant Hill city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 19635252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasant Hill, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Pleasant Hill city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.2 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home12.9%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone80.2%±7.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.6%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 Pleasant Hill 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 +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 22.2 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 12.9%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 80.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pleasant Hill city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.1% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±7.3 pp

Carpool3.6% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.3% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home12.9% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 5,276 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pleasant Hill city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^thWork-from-home percentile

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

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pleasant Hill city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,276 workers age 16+, including 4,593 workers with reported travel time and 683 home workers.

Population estimate11,136± 60 MOE

Workers age 16+5,276± 466 MOE

Workers with travel time4,593± 537 MOE

Estimated home workers683± 246 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 Pleasant Hill 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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