What is the average commute in Washington city, Iowa?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 19823352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Washington, Iowa

Name: Commute estimates for Washington city, Iowa
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.8 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.8 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home5.8%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone77.9%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.7%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 Washington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.8 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 → 18.8 min▲ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 5.8%▼ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 3.0%▲ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 77.9%▲ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Washington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 3.0% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone77.9% ±3.6 pp

Carpool9.7% ±4.1 pp

Public transit3.0% ±3.6 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home5.8% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 3,616 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Washington city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Washington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,616 workers age 16+, including 3,407 workers with reported travel time and 209 home workers.

Population estimate7,290± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+3,616± 258 MOE

Workers with travel time3,407± 272 MOE

Estimated home workers209± 94 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 Washington 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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