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Longest commutes, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by mean travel time to work (2023 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAVERAGE COMMUTEVS 2000

01Guthrie County, IAIA10,78228.2+30%

02Harrison County, IAIA14,62327.9+32%

03Madison County, IAIA17,27027.2+37%

04Decatur County, IAIA7,65526.8+51%

05Cedar County, IAIA18,35925.8+57%

06Clarke County, IAIA9,57425.5+39%

07Jones County, IAIA21,25325.5+37%

08Keokuk County, IAIA9,79725.0+30%

09Benton County, IAIA26,00424.9+47%

10Warren County, IAIA57,33124.8+46%

11Jackson County, IAIA19,28824.3+48%

12Monroe County, IAIA7,40624.3+31%

13Ringgold County, IAIA4,64224.2+58%

14Iowa County, IAIA16,50423.8+56%

15Mills County, IAIA14,79323.6+44%

16Butler County, IAIA14,04923.6+56%

17Adair County, IAIA7,40323.5+44%

18Wayne County, IAIA6,73823.4+46%

19Van Buren County, IAIA7,13123.4+41%

20Allamakee County, IAIA14,23823.2+70%

21Jasper County, IAIA38,15323.2+67%

22Buchanan County, IAIA20,88322.7+42%

23Taylor County, IAIA5,83522.6+63%

24Louisa County, IAIA10,41622.6+41%

25Worth County, IAIA7,33822.5+73%

26Washington County, IAIA22,66722.4+46%

27Clayton County, IAIA16,84522.3+53%

28Howard County, IAIA9,41522.3+55%

29Davis County, IAIA9,23022.2+26%

30Delaware County, IAIA17,67422.2+40%

31Grundy County, IAIA12,36122.1+60%

32Tama County, IAIA16,79622.0+48%

33Boone County, IAIA26,79921.7+49%

34Greene County, IAIA8,65821.5+40%

35Monona County, IAIA8,53921.5+20%

36Osceola County, IAIA5,98021.3+88%

37Dallas County, IAIA118,45721.2+51%

38Appanoose County, IAIA12,07721.2+39%

39Hamilton County, IAIA14,94421.2+81%

40Adams County, IAIA3,61720.9+53%

41Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99620.8+64%

42Bremer County, IAIA25,29620.6+64%

43Ida County, IAIA6,77720.6+62%

44Lucas County, IAIA8,84720.5+2%

45Fremont County, IAIA6,52220.3+22%

46Mitchell County, IAIA10,65020.0+41%

47Hancock County, IAIA10,52819.7+59%

48Clinton County, IAIA46,00219.7+49%

49Hardin County, IAIA16,45519.7+46%

50Calhoun County, IAIA9,56219.7+48%

51Montgomery County, IAIA10,00219.7+47%

52Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81919.7+44%

53Polk County, IAIA516,54619.6+83%

54Fayette County, IAIA19,04719.5+41%

55Johnson County, IAIA160,04419.4+77%

56Lyon County, IAIA12,35419.4+46%

57Marion County, IAIA34,19219.3+24%

58Emmet County, IAIA9,10719.3+64%

59Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66319.2+26%

60Scott County, IAIA175,25919.1+68%

61Linn County, IAIA232,02819.0+73%

62Sac County, IAIA9,52519.0+57%

63Audubon County, IAIA5,50918.8+31%

64Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36818.8+45%

65Wapello County, IAIA35,21018.7+39%

66Marshall County, IAIA39,89018.3+45%

67Plymouth County, IAIA25,69718.3+37%

68Lee County, IAIA32,30618.2+58%

69Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73318.2+61%

70Floyd County, IAIA14,90118.2+31%

71Story County, IAIA101,29118.2+58%

72Cherokee County, IAIA11,36918.2+51%

73Muscatine County, IAIA41,85318.1+52%

74Cass County, IAIA12,96018.1+16%

75Woodbury County, IAIA106,64918.0+65%

76Humboldt County, IAIA9,40917.8+34%

77Henry County, IAIA19,34917.7+46%

78Wright County, IAIA12,80117.6+49%

79Shelby County, IAIA11,68917.6+18%

80Franklin County, IAIA9,86817.5+32%

81Webster County, IAIA36,83817.4+55%

82O'Brien County, IAIA14,22017.3+39%

83Mahaska County, IAIA21,88017.3+34%

84Jefferson County, IAIA15,29117.2+59%

85Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37217.2+63%

86Crawford County, IAIA16,23717.1+41%

87Des Moines County, IAIA38,07717.0+54%

88Clay County, IAIA16,20217.0+62%

89Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53216.6+61%

90Union County, IAIA11,82916.4+25%

91Dubuque County, IAIA99,38116.4+58%

92Winnebago County, IAIA10,25116.1+44%

93Dickinson County, IAIA18,07716.1+46%

94Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89916.0+40%

95Page County, IAIA14,85615.5+36%

96Kossuth County, IAIA14,32215.1+23%

97Carroll County, IAIA20,30313.9+27%

98Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44913.8+23%

99Sioux County, IAIA36,77413.4+27%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES