What is the average commute in Sergeant Bluff city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 19716252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Sergeant Bluff city, Iowa
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.4 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 80.7% drove alone, and 0.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.4 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home5.3%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone80.7%±8.1 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 Sergeant Bluff city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.7 min → 13.4 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 5.3%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.2% → 80.7%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sergeant Bluff city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone80.7% ±8.1 pp

Carpool12.3% ±8.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home5.3% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 2,897 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sergeant Bluff city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% 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 Sergeant Bluff city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,897 workers age 16+, including 2,744 workers with reported travel time and 153 home workers.

Population estimate5,171± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+2,897± 253 MOE

Workers with travel time2,744± 300 MOE

Estimated home workers153± 120 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 Sergeant Bluff 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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