Mean Commute Time in Des Moines County, IA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
19.6 min −29.0% vs nat'l
Rank #2,868 of 3,222
11th percentile

How Des Moines County Compares

Des Moines County
19.6 min
Iowa Average
19.6 min
Rank #82 of 99 in state
National
27.6 min
29.0% below

National Distribution

Where Des Moines County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Des Moines County: 19.6 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#2,865 Buena Vista city, VA 19.6 min
#2,866 Crawford County, KS 19.6 min
#2,867 Bannock County, ID 19.6 min
#2,868 Des Moines County, IA 19.6 min
#2,869 Harrisonburg city, VA 19.6 min
#2,870 Fall River County, SD 19.6 min
#2,871 Reno County, KS 19.6 min
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Mean Commute Time in Des Moines County, Iowa

Des Moines County, Iowa has a mean commute time of 19.6 min, which ranks #2,868 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 29.0% below the national value of 27.6 min.

Within Iowa, Des Moines County ranks #82 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 11th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.