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Longest commutes, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by mean travel time to work (2020 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 19.7.

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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 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS