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
Rankings cover published places with at least 5,000 residents and 500 estimated workers.
02 / LARGEST PLACES
Commute profiles in Iowa
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% |