ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19733352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sioux City, Iowa

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute16.8 min → 17.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 5.0%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 79.5%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±2.2 pp
Carpool11.7% ±1.5 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.0% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 41,678 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate86,101± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+41,678± 879 MOE
Workers with travel time39,611± 993 MOE
Estimated home workers2,067± 467 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.