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Most public transit riders, Iowa counties

Iowa counties with the most workers commuting by public transportation, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of commuters, not the transit share. This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPTRANSIT COMMUTERSVS 2020

01Johnson County, IAIA160,0443,123−19%

02Story County, IAIA101,2912,065−25%

03Polk County, IAIA516,5461,410−53%

04Linn County, IAIA232,028716+68%

05Woodbury County, IAIA106,649569−1%

06Scott County, IAIA175,259434+2%

07Dubuque County, IAIA99,381382−12%

08Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996250+20%

09Des Moines County, IAIA38,077173+78%

10Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372162+9%

11Crawford County, IAIA16,237143–

12Washington County, IAIA22,667138+763%

13Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532137−58%

14Wapello County, IAIA35,210135+26%

15Boone County, IAIA26,79982+95%

16Clinton County, IAIA46,00277+51%

17Plymouth County, IAIA25,69774+222%

18Carroll County, IAIA20,30364+392%

19Clay County, IAIA16,20263+26%

20Sioux County, IAIA36,77460+20%

21Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44957+84%

22Hardin County, IAIA16,45548–

23Webster County, IAIA36,83846−40%

24Cherokee County, IAIA11,36944+2100%

25Jefferson County, IAIA15,29138+850%

26Harrison County, IAIA14,62333+154%

27Marion County, IAIA34,19232−48%

28Dallas County, IAIA118,45730−76%

29Shelby County, IAIA11,68929+93%

30Lee County, IAIA32,30628−53%

31Muscatine County, IAIA41,85327−79%

32Buchanan County, IAIA20,88324−41%

33O'Brien County, IAIA14,22024−80%

34Fayette County, IAIA19,04723+0%

35Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89923−4%

36Lucas County, IAIA8,84721–

37Mahaska County, IAIA21,88018−5%

38Jones County, IAIA21,25317+467%

39Adair County, IAIA7,40316+60%

40Benton County, IAIA26,00415−63%

41Cedar County, IAIA18,35915−66%

42Page County, IAIA14,85612+500%

43Sac County, IAIA9,52512+100%

44Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73312+0%

45Van Buren County, IAIA7,13111−61%

46Appanoose County, IAIA12,07710+11%

47Calhoun County, IAIA9,5629−18%

48Tama County, IAIA16,7969−68%

49Humboldt County, IAIA9,4098+100%

50Iowa County, IAIA16,5048+100%

51Jasper County, IAIA38,1538−85%

52Keokuk County, IAIA9,7978+14%

53Mitchell County, IAIA10,6507+250%

54Delaware County, IAIA17,6747−85%

55Floyd County, IAIA14,9017−42%

56Hamilton County, IAIA14,9447−36%

57Wright County, IAIA12,8017+17%

58Jackson County, IAIA19,2886−68%

59Louisa County, IAIA10,4166+500%

60Madison County, IAIA17,2706−33%

61Monona County, IAIA8,5396−60%

62Cass County, IAIA12,9605−83%

63Winnebago County, IAIA10,2515−83%

64Clayton County, IAIA16,8454−69%

65Guthrie County, IAIA10,7824−69%

66Kossuth County, IAIA14,3224−87%

67Bremer County, IAIA25,2963−85%

68Grundy County, IAIA12,3613−70%

69Taylor County, IAIA5,8352−92%

70Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382−50%

71Butler County, IAIA14,0492−67%

72Franklin County, IAIA9,8682−89%

73Worth County, IAIA7,3382−67%

74Clarke County, IAIA9,5741−94%

75Greene County, IAIA8,6581−91%

76Davis County, IAIA9,2301–

77Osceola County, IAIA5,9801−88%

78Union County, IAIA11,8290−100%

79Decatur County, IAIA7,6550−100%

80Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3680−100%

81Adams County, IAIA3,6170−100%

82Audubon County, IAIA5,5090–

83Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6630−100%

84Dickinson County, IAIA18,0770−100%

85Emmet County, IAIA9,1070−100%

86Fremont County, IAIA6,5220–

87Hancock County, IAIA10,5280−100%

88Henry County, IAIA19,3490−100%

89Howard County, IAIA9,4150−100%

90Ida County, IAIA6,7770–

91Lyon County, IAIA12,3540−100%

92Marshall County, IAIA39,8900−100%

93Mills County, IAIA14,7930−100%

94Monroe County, IAIA7,4060–

95Montgomery County, IAIA10,0020−100%

96Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8190−100%

97Ringgold County, IAIA4,6420−100%

98Warren County, IAIA57,3310−100%

99Wayne County, IAIA6,7380−100%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES