Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IA · GEOID 19839102024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
West Des Moines, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.3 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 West Des Moines 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 +7.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How West Des Moines city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 40,107 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How West Des Moines city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind West Des Moines city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 40,107 workers age 16+, including 32,460 workers with reported travel time and 7,647 home workers.
Population estimate71,083± 123 MOE
Workers age 16+40,107± 906 MOE
Workers with travel time32,460± 1,007 MOE
Estimated home workers7,647± 745 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
All Iowa reports →Comparable Iowa commute records for West Des Moines city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.