STATE COMMUTE ATLAS
Iowa
Mean one-way trip19.8 min
Worked from home11.3%
Drove alone76.0%
Public transit0.7%
01 / LEADERBOARDS
How Iowa commutes differ
Iowa has a 19.8 min mean one-way commute; 11.3% of workers worked from home, 76.0% drove alone, and 0.7% used public transit.
Rankings cover published places with at least 5,000 residents and 500 estimated workers.
02 / COMPLETE LOCAL DIRECTORY
Commute profiles in Iowa
CommuteShift publishes 86 place profiles and 99 county profiles for Iowa after applying its population and worker thresholds.
86 places and 99 counties meet the publication threshold.
| Area | Population | Mean trip | WFH | Drive alone | Transit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk CountyCounty | 503,175 | 20.0 min | 15.7% | 72.4% | 0.5% |
| Linn CountyCounty | 230,004 | 19.3 min | 14.7% | 75.6% | 0.6% |
| Des MoinesPlace | 212,421 | 19.5 min | 13.1% | 70.9% | 0.8% |
| Scott CountyCounty | 174,608 | 20.3 min | 10.9% | 78.5% | 0.5% |
| Johnson CountyCounty | 156,639 | 19.4 min | 13.7% | 65.2% | 3.7% |
| Cedar RapidsPlace | 137,264 | 18.6 min | 12.9% | 76.6% | 0.8% |
| Black Hawk CountyCounty | 131,049 | 15.9 min | 8.9% | 78.4% | 0.2% |
| Dallas CountyCounty | 107,968 | 21.2 min | 20.2% | 70.4% | 0.1% |
| Woodbury CountyCounty | 106,247 | 18.1 min | 5.6% | 79.5% | 1.1% |
| DavenportPlace | 100,913 | 19.4 min | 10.3% | 76.5% | 0.7% |
| Story CountyCounty | 100,466 | 17.8 min | 11.8% | 68.3% | 3.9% |
| Dubuque CountyCounty | 99,030 | 16.7 min | 12.0% | 78.7% | 0.8% |
| Pottawattamie CountyCounty | 93,424 | 19.8 min | 9.8% | 79.8% | 0.6% |
| Sioux CityPlace | 86,101 | 17.5 min | 5.0% | 79.5% | 1.3% |
| Iowa CityPlace | 75,752 | 17.3 min | 12.2% | 56.2% | 6.0% |
| AnkenyPlace | 72,615 | 21.1 min | 20.1% | 72.1% | 0.2% |
| West Des MoinesPlace | 71,083 | 18.3 min | 19.1% | 71.0% | 0.6% |
| AmesPlace | 67,669 | 15.6 min | 12.1% | 62.5% | 5.5% |
| WaterlooPlace | 67,008 | 15.9 min | 7.6% | 78.1% | 0.4% |
| Council BluffsPlace | 62,586 | 17.9 min | 8.4% | 79.9% | 0.8% |
| DubuquePlace | 59,174 | 14.6 min | 11.7% | 76.6% | 1.3% |
| Warren CountyCounty | 54,409 | 24.1 min | 15.3% | 76.0% | 0.0% |
| UrbandalePlace | 46,595 | 18.9 min | 17.9% | 71.0% | 0.5% |
| Clinton CountyCounty | 46,268 | 21.7 min | 6.8% | 82.1% | 0.4% |
| Cerro Gordo CountyCounty | 42,632 | 15.6 min | 7.2% | 80.1% | 0.8% |
| Muscatine CountyCounty | 42,559 | 19.0 min | 6.4% | 79.9% | 0.1% |
| MarionPlace | 41,896 | 19.2 min | 19.3% | 72.0% | 0.4% |
| Cedar FallsPlace | 40,888 | 14.0 min | 11.1% | 76.7% | 0.0% |
| Marshall CountyCounty | 40,114 | 19.9 min | 7.1% | 77.0% | 0.0% |
| BettendorfPlace | 39,647 | 19.8 min | 11.0% | 82.7% | 0.3% |
| Des Moines CountyCounty | 38,487 | 18.0 min | 4.2% | 82.8% | 0.9% |
| Jasper CountyCounty | 37,954 | 23.3 min | 10.6% | 78.0% | 0.0% |
| Webster CountyCounty | 36,886 | 20.2 min | 4.6% | 82.7% | 0.3% |
| Sioux CountyCounty | 36,212 | 13.5 min | 12.8% | 76.0% | 0.3% |
| Wapello CountyCounty | 35,362 | 20.0 min | 5.5% | 78.5% | 0.8% |
| Marion CountyCounty | 33,642 | 21.0 min | 10.2% | 78.8% | 0.2% |
| Lee CountyCounty | 32,893 | 20.4 min | 6.1% | 81.8% | 0.2% |
| WaukeePlace | 29,236 | 19.8 min | 22.0% | 71.0% | 0.0% |
| MarshalltownPlace | 27,626 | 17.2 min | 5.7% | 75.9% | 0.0% |
| Mason CityPlace | 27,050 | 13.5 min | 4.3% | 81.0% | 0.9% |
| Boone CountyCounty | 26,668 | 22.5 min | 10.1% | 79.2% | 0.6% |
| Plymouth CountyCounty | 25,747 | 19.2 min | 9.2% | 79.1% | 0.6% |
| Benton CountyCounty | 25,724 | 24.9 min | 11.5% | 78.0% | 0.1% |
| OttumwaPlace | 25,430 | 17.8 min | 4.3% | 77.1% | 1.2% |
| Bremer CountyCounty | 25,204 | 20.1 min | 11.3% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Fort DodgePlace | 24,827 | 19.0 min | 4.4% | 80.2% | 0.4% |
| JohnstonPlace | 24,384 | 19.7 min | 14.0% | 78.9% | 0.0% |
| ClintonPlace | 24,322 | 18.9 min | 5.4% | 79.6% | 0.7% |
| BurlingtonPlace | 23,728 | 16.1 min | 5.1% | 80.2% | 1.1% |
| MuscatinePlace | 23,489 | 16.3 min | 6.3% | 79.6% | 0.2% |
| CoralvillePlace | 23,234 | 19.3 min | 13.3% | 74.2% | 4.0% |
| Washington CountyCounty | 22,561 | 23.5 min | 9.8% | 76.8% | 1.2% |
| Mahaska CountyCounty | 22,021 | 18.0 min | 7.5% | 80.2% | 0.2% |
| AltoonaPlace | 21,495 | 22.5 min | 13.0% | 81.0% | 0.1% |
| North LibertyPlace | 21,125 | 24.6 min | 16.3% | 74.9% | 0.6% |
| Jones CountyCounty | 20,896 | 24.7 min | 11.9% | 77.0% | 0.2% |
| Buena Vista CountyCounty | 20,753 | 14.0 min | 5.6% | 72.5% | 0.6% |
| Buchanan CountyCounty | 20,694 | 23.5 min | 8.4% | 77.9% | 0.2% |
| Carroll CountyCounty | 20,594 | 15.7 min | 7.3% | 81.6% | 0.6% |
| Henry CountyCounty | 20,004 | 19.6 min | 7.0% | 81.6% | 0.0% |
| Winneshiek CountyCounty | 19,873 | 18.1 min | 12.1% | 70.3% | 0.1% |
| Jackson CountyCounty | 19,390 | 24.8 min | 10.3% | 81.3% | 0.1% |
| Fayette CountyCounty | 19,288 | 22.5 min | 7.3% | 79.4% | 0.3% |
| ClivePlace | 19,012 | 20.7 min | 27.8% | 60.3% | 0.0% |
| Poweshiek CountyCounty | 18,545 | 18.6 min | 14.0% | 67.9% | 0.0% |
| Cedar CountyCounty | 18,349 | 26.7 min | 12.1% | 78.2% | 0.2% |
| Dickinson CountyCounty | 17,990 | 16.7 min | 10.5% | 77.7% | 0.0% |
| Delaware CountyCounty | 17,558 | 20.3 min | 9.2% | 80.0% | 0.1% |
| Clayton CountyCounty | 17,013 | 23.1 min | 8.3% | 76.4% | 0.0% |
| Madison CountyCounty | 16,926 | 28.7 min | 17.4% | 72.7% | 0.1% |
| Tama CountyCounty | 16,868 | 22.7 min | 8.7% | 78.9% | 0.1% |
| Hardin CountyCounty | 16,639 | 21.6 min | 8.2% | 79.4% | 0.6% |
| Iowa CountyCounty | 16,507 | 22.2 min | 8.1% | 83.0% | 0.1% |
| Clay CountyCounty | 16,461 | 17.8 min | 6.1% | 80.8% | 0.8% |
| GrimesPlace | 16,366 | 19.6 min | 22.4% | 65.1% | 0.0% |
| Crawford CountyCounty | 16,277 | 17.2 min | 6.4% | 76.7% | 1.8% |
| IndianolaPlace | 16,044 | 21.8 min | 14.3% | 73.3% | 0.0% |
| Jefferson CountyCounty | 15,705 | 15.9 min | 18.2% | 69.7% | 0.5% |
| NewtonPlace | 15,700 | 22.3 min | 9.5% | 76.6% | 0.1% |
| Floyd CountyCounty | 15,328 | 18.9 min | 7.9% | 80.6% | 0.1% |
| Page CountyCounty | 15,131 | 17.8 min | 5.6% | 78.7% | 0.2% |
| Hamilton CountyCounty | 14,886 | 21.4 min | 6.1% | 84.0% | 0.1% |
| Harrison CountyCounty | 14,632 | 26.2 min | 9.6% | 82.1% | 0.5% |
| Mills CountyCounty | 14,568 | 25.6 min | 10.1% | 72.7% | 0.0% |
| Kossuth CountyCounty | 14,516 | 16.3 min | 7.2% | 79.7% | 0.1% |
| Butler CountyCounty | 14,268 | 24.7 min | 6.5% | 81.7% | 0.0% |
| NorwalkPlace | 14,183 | 21.6 min | 19.1% | 74.1% | 0.0% |
| O'Brien CountyCounty | 14,126 | 19.0 min | 7.1% | 79.3% | 0.3% |
| Allamakee CountyCounty | 14,092 | 22.2 min | 7.1% | 74.7% | 0.0% |
| Cass CountyCounty | 13,096 | 15.1 min | 10.0% | 79.7% | 0.1% |
| Wright CountyCounty | 12,791 | 20.2 min | 7.9% | 79.1% | 0.1% |
| BoonePlace | 12,424 | 19.2 min | 7.6% | 79.2% | 0.4% |
| Grundy CountyCounty | 12,384 | 23.5 min | 9.5% | 80.7% | 0.0% |
| Appanoose CountyCounty | 12,184 | 20.6 min | 8.5% | 77.3% | 0.2% |
| Lyon CountyCounty | 12,162 | 18.9 min | 9.8% | 77.4% | 0.0% |
| Union CountyCounty | 11,993 | 15.8 min | 4.6% | 80.0% | 0.0% |
| Chickasaw CountyCounty | 11,807 | 19.4 min | 10.0% | 81.1% | 0.0% |
| Shelby CountyCounty | 11,778 | 18.5 min | 12.8% | 75.6% | 0.5% |
| Cherokee CountyCounty | 11,600 | 16.7 min | 8.6% | 77.9% | 0.7% |
| OskaloosaPlace | 11,504 | 16.0 min | 6.5% | 79.4% | 0.1% |
| Storm LakePlace | 11,428 | 10.1 min | 4.3% | 68.0% | 1.0% |
| SpencerPlace | 11,400 | 15.8 min | 5.8% | 82.2% | 1.1% |
| Pleasant HillPlace | 11,136 | 22.2 min | 12.9% | 80.2% | 0.1% |
| PellaPlace | 10,720 | 13.7 min | 9.6% | 76.8% | 0.0% |
| Guthrie CountyCounty | 10,688 | 27.1 min | 11.8% | 76.4% | 0.1% |
| Louisa CountyCounty | 10,678 | 27.3 min | 4.2% | 80.4% | 0.1% |
| Hancock CountyCounty | 10,671 | 19.1 min | 7.1% | 78.1% | 0.0% |
| Le MarsPlace | 10,640 | 16.3 min | 3.2% | 82.0% | 0.6% |
| Winnebago CountyCounty | 10,583 | 14.7 min | 6.5% | 78.1% | 0.1% |
| Mitchell CountyCounty | 10,575 | 18.5 min | 11.9% | 71.8% | 0.1% |
| WaverlyPlace | 10,494 | 17.2 min | 10.6% | 68.2% | 0.0% |
| Montgomery CountyCounty | 10,214 | 22.3 min | 10.0% | 77.8% | 0.0% |
| CarrollPlace | 10,208 | 11.8 min | 6.4% | 82.8% | 1.3% |
| Fort MadisonPlace | 10,133 | 23.1 min | 6.6% | 73.3% | 0.7% |
| Franklin CountyCounty | 9,956 | 20.5 min | 7.9% | 79.1% | 0.0% |
| Keokuk CountyCounty | 9,924 | 26.5 min | 9.5% | 79.7% | 0.2% |
| Calhoun CountyCounty | 9,803 | 22.3 min | 7.6% | 78.8% | 0.2% |
| Sac CountyCounty | 9,689 | 21.7 min | 4.7% | 86.0% | 0.2% |
| Clarke CountyCounty | 9,662 | 24.3 min | 8.9% | 80.1% | 0.0% |
| KeokukPlace | 9,662 | 16.0 min | 6.2% | 85.2% | 0.0% |
| Humboldt CountyCounty | 9,591 | 19.7 min | 10.2% | 78.7% | 0.2% |
| GrinnellPlace | 9,505 | 12.3 min | 17.6% | 54.3% | 0.0% |
| FairfieldPlace | 9,456 | 13.2 min | 25.0% | 60.1% | 0.0% |
| Howard CountyCounty | 9,445 | 23.2 min | 10.0% | 76.4% | 0.0% |
| Emmet CountyCounty | 9,262 | 20.9 min | 6.8% | 77.9% | 0.0% |
| Davis CountyCounty | 9,157 | 25.8 min | 11.5% | 67.3% | 0.0% |
| Mount PleasantPlace | 8,951 | 14.0 min | 7.0% | 80.6% | 0.0% |
| Palo Alto CountyCounty | 8,863 | 17.2 min | 4.9% | 77.4% | 0.5% |
| Lucas CountyCounty | 8,716 | 22.8 min | 4.3% | 82.2% | 0.5% |
| Greene CountyCounty | 8,688 | 23.0 min | 7.6% | 76.8% | 0.0% |
| BondurantPlace | 8,560 | 22.3 min | 14.0% | 75.6% | 0.0% |
| Monona CountyCounty | 8,557 | 22.6 min | 7.7% | 81.5% | 0.1% |
| Sioux CenterPlace | 8,454 | 11.7 min | 11.8% | 79.8% | 0.0% |
| DenisonPlace | 8,260 | 12.7 min | 4.3% | 70.3% | 3.5% |
| PerryPlace | 7,985 | 24.8 min | 7.9% | 71.6% | 0.1% |
| Webster CityPlace | 7,769 | 18.3 min | 3.5% | 88.3% | 0.2% |
| Decatur CountyCounty | 7,759 | 22.5 min | 6.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Clear LakePlace | 7,607 | 18.6 min | 10.2% | 79.3% | 1.2% |
| DecorahPlace | 7,535 | 12.8 min | 10.8% | 59.4% | 0.3% |
| Monroe CountyCounty | 7,513 | 29.4 min | 9.0% | 78.4% | 0.0% |
| KnoxvillePlace | 7,473 | 23.0 min | 10.7% | 78.5% | 0.0% |
| Adair CountyCounty | 7,460 | 20.4 min | 11.2% | 80.1% | 0.4% |
| CrestonPlace | 7,435 | 12.3 min | 2.3% | 81.5% | 0.0% |
| Worth CountyCounty | 7,350 | 21.4 min | 11.3% | 75.0% | 0.1% |
| WashingtonPlace | 7,290 | 18.8 min | 5.8% | 77.9% | 3.0% |
| Van Buren CountyCounty | 7,241 | 22.5 min | 12.7% | 67.2% | 0.4% |
| Charles CityPlace | 7,232 | 15.2 min | 5.1% | 81.2% | 0.0% |
| HiawathaPlace | 7,206 | 15.9 min | 11.3% | 78.9% | 0.7% |
| Pocahontas CountyCounty | 7,046 | 20.7 min | 5.4% | 79.9% | 0.0% |
| NevadaPlace | 6,983 | 18.0 min | 5.7% | 84.9% | 0.2% |
| Ida CountyCounty | 6,911 | 16.1 min | 9.7% | 81.2% | 0.0% |
| EldridgePlace | 6,818 | 19.4 min | 15.9% | 80.1% | 0.0% |
| AtlanticPlace | 6,763 | 10.8 min | 10.2% | 79.5% | 0.1% |
| Wayne CountyCounty | 6,532 | 25.4 min | 6.2% | 75.8% | 0.0% |
| Fremont CountyCounty | 6,514 | 22.3 min | 8.1% | 80.7% | 0.0% |
| AdelPlace | 6,430 | 21.8 min | 15.8% | 76.2% | 0.0% |
| Orange CityPlace | 6,426 | 10.2 min | 16.4% | 70.7% | 0.5% |
| IndependencePlace | 6,164 | 20.3 min | 5.8% | 81.3% | 0.7% |
| Osceola CountyCounty | 6,100 | 18.2 min | 5.8% | 79.2% | 0.0% |
| MaquoketaPlace | 6,075 | 22.5 min | 10.1% | 77.8% | 0.0% |
| Polk CityPlace | 6,037 | 24.3 min | 21.9% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| AsburyPlace | 5,989 | 16.4 min | 13.1% | 84.9% | 0.0% |
| Taylor CountyCounty | 5,868 | 20.9 min | 3.0% | 78.4% | 0.1% |
| EsthervillePlace | 5,839 | 21.5 min | 3.8% | 78.1% | 0.0% |
| OelweinPlace | 5,834 | 22.8 min | 5.3% | 77.9% | 0.0% |
| TiffinPlace | 5,737 | 22.1 min | 18.6% | 78.5% | 0.0% |
| AnamosaPlace | 5,629 | 27.4 min | 4.4% | 81.4% | 0.0% |
| Audubon CountyCounty | 5,599 | 19.0 min | 10.7% | 81.8% | 0.0% |
| DeWittPlace | 5,546 | 24.0 min | 6.1% | 81.1% | 0.0% |
| OsceolaPlace | 5,523 | 20.6 min | 7.0% | 83.6% | 0.0% |
| Spirit LakePlace | 5,518 | 13.4 min | 9.1% | 77.7% | 0.0% |
| Red OakPlace | 5,510 | 20.9 min | 11.0% | 75.1% | 0.0% |
| SheldonPlace | 5,474 | 16.6 min | 4.4% | 76.1% | 0.5% |
| WintersetPlace | 5,416 | 23.9 min | 14.4% | 76.6% | 0.0% |
| AlgonaPlace | 5,377 | 11.2 min | 3.9% | 81.8% | 0.0% |
| CentervillePlace | 5,372 | 14.4 min | 7.7% | 76.5% | 0.3% |
| ClarindaPlace | 5,353 | 16.2 min | 5.4% | 77.6% | 0.0% |
| ManchesterPlace | 5,191 | 14.2 min | 5.2% | 87.5% | 0.0% |
| Sergeant BluffPlace | 5,171 | 13.4 min | 5.3% | 80.7% | 0.3% |
| CherokeePlace | 5,154 | 12.4 min | 8.5% | 79.2% | 1.7% |
| GlenwoodPlace | 5,144 | 22.4 min | 9.4% | 68.9% | 0.0% |
| Windsor HeightsPlace | 5,143 | 14.4 min | 22.1% | 73.2% | 0.1% |
| Iowa FallsPlace | 5,038 | 15.0 min | 8.6% | 75.0% | 2.2% |
| Ringgold CountyCounty | 4,645 | 22.9 min | 10.0% | 72.8% | 0.0% |
| Adams CountyCounty | 3,622 | 19.1 min | 10.0% | 77.1% | 0.0% |