ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19635252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasant Hill, Iowa

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

34thMean commute percentile

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

56thWork-from-home percentile

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

39thTransit percentile

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

22th60+ 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 the shares

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.