RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

Most public transit riders, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties with the most workers commuting by public transportation, as of the 2020 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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01Johnson County, IAIA160,0443,872–

02Polk County, IAIA516,5463,003–

03Story County, IAIA101,2912,765–

04Woodbury County, IAIA106,649574–

05Dubuque County, IAIA99,381435–

06Linn County, IAIA232,028427–

07Scott County, IAIA175,259426–

08Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532329–

09Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996208–

10Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372149–

11Muscatine County, IAIA41,853130–

12Dallas County, IAIA118,457126–

13O'Brien County, IAIA14,220119–

14Wapello County, IAIA35,210107–

15Des Moines County, IAIA38,07797–

16Webster County, IAIA36,83877–

17Marion County, IAIA34,19261–

18Lee County, IAIA32,30659–

19Jasper County, IAIA38,15354–

20Mills County, IAIA14,79354–

21Clinton County, IAIA46,00251–

22Clay County, IAIA16,20250–

23Sioux County, IAIA36,77450–

24Delaware County, IAIA17,67447–

25Warren County, IAIA57,33145–

26Cedar County, IAIA18,35944–

27Boone County, IAIA26,79942–

28Buchanan County, IAIA20,88341–

29Benton County, IAIA26,00441–

30Howard County, IAIA9,41538–

31Kossuth County, IAIA14,32231–

32Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44931–

33Winnebago County, IAIA10,25130–

34Cass County, IAIA12,96029–

35Tama County, IAIA16,79628–

36Van Buren County, IAIA7,13128–

37Montgomery County, IAIA10,00225–

38Taylor County, IAIA5,83525–

39Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89924–

40Fayette County, IAIA19,04723–

41Plymouth County, IAIA25,69723–

42Dickinson County, IAIA18,07720–

43Bremer County, IAIA25,29620–

44Franklin County, IAIA9,86819–

45Jackson County, IAIA19,28819–

46Mahaska County, IAIA21,88019–

47Union County, IAIA11,82917–

48Washington County, IAIA22,66716–

49Clarke County, IAIA9,57416–

50Monona County, IAIA8,53915–

51Shelby County, IAIA11,68915–

52Marshall County, IAIA39,89014–

53Wayne County, IAIA6,73813–

54Guthrie County, IAIA10,78213–

55Harrison County, IAIA14,62313–

56Carroll County, IAIA20,30313–

57Clayton County, IAIA16,84513–

58Floyd County, IAIA14,90112–

59Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73312–

60Calhoun County, IAIA9,56211–

61Greene County, IAIA8,65811–

62Hamilton County, IAIA14,94411–

63Grundy County, IAIA12,36110–

64Adair County, IAIA7,40310–

65Madison County, IAIA17,2709–

66Appanoose County, IAIA12,0779–

67Osceola County, IAIA5,9808–

68Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6637–

69Henry County, IAIA19,3497–

70Keokuk County, IAIA9,7977–

71Worth County, IAIA7,3386–

72Adams County, IAIA3,6176–

73Butler County, IAIA14,0496–

74Lyon County, IAIA12,3546–

75Ringgold County, IAIA4,6426–

76Sac County, IAIA9,5256–

77Wright County, IAIA12,8016–

78Allamakee County, IAIA14,2384–

79Humboldt County, IAIA9,4094–

80Iowa County, IAIA16,5044–

81Jefferson County, IAIA15,2914–

82Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3684–

83Jones County, IAIA21,2533–

84Decatur County, IAIA7,6553–

85Hancock County, IAIA10,5283–

86Mitchell County, IAIA10,6502–

87Cherokee County, IAIA11,3692–

88Emmet County, IAIA9,1072–

89Page County, IAIA14,8562–

90Louisa County, IAIA10,4161–

91Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8191–

92Audubon County, IAIA5,5090–

93Crawford County, IAIA16,2370–

94Davis County, IAIA9,2300–

95Fremont County, IAIA6,5220–

96Hardin County, IAIA16,4550–

97Ida County, IAIA6,7770–

98Lucas County, IAIA8,8470–

99Monroe County, IAIA7,4060–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS