ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19831452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Webster City, Iowa

Mean one-way trip18.3 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home3.5%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone88.3%±5.5 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.9 min → 18.3 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 3.5%▼ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.7% → 88.3%▲ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone88.3% ±5.5 pp
Carpool6.9% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home3.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 3,632 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,769± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+3,632± 243 MOE
Workers with travel time3,504± 234 MOE
Estimated home workers128± 83 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.