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. The median across all 99 is 15.

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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–

28Benton County, IAIA26,00441–

29Buchanan County, IAIA20,88341–

30Howard County, IAIA9,41538–

31Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44931–

32Kossuth County, IAIA14,32231–

33Winnebago County, IAIA10,25130–

34Cass County, IAIA12,96029–

35Tama County, IAIA16,79628–

36Van Buren County, IAIA7,13128–

37Taylor County, IAIA5,83525–

38Montgomery County, IAIA10,00225–

39Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89924–

40Fayette County, IAIA19,04723–

41Plymouth County, IAIA25,69723–

42Bremer County, IAIA25,29620–

43Dickinson County, IAIA18,07720–

44Franklin County, IAIA9,86819–

45Jackson County, IAIA19,28819–

46Mahaska County, IAIA21,88019–

47Union County, IAIA11,82917–

48Clarke County, IAIA9,57416–

49Washington County, IAIA22,66716–

50Monona County, IAIA8,53915–

51Shelby County, IAIA11,68915–

52Marshall County, IAIA39,89014–

53Carroll County, IAIA20,30313–

54Clayton County, IAIA16,84513–

55Guthrie County, IAIA10,78213–

56Harrison County, IAIA14,62313–

57Wayne County, IAIA6,73813–

58Floyd County, IAIA14,90112–

59Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73312–

60Greene County, IAIA8,65811–

61Calhoun County, IAIA9,56211–

62Hamilton County, IAIA14,94411–

63Adair County, IAIA7,40310–

64Grundy County, IAIA12,36110–

65Appanoose County, IAIA12,0779–

66Madison County, IAIA17,2709–

67Osceola County, IAIA5,9808–

68Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6637–

69Henry County, IAIA19,3497–

70Keokuk County, IAIA9,7977–

71Adams County, IAIA3,6176–

72Butler County, IAIA14,0496–

73Lyon County, IAIA12,3546–

74Ringgold County, IAIA4,6426–

75Sac County, IAIA9,5256–

76Worth County, IAIA7,3386–

77Wright County, IAIA12,8016–

78Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3684–

79Allamakee County, IAIA14,2384–

80Humboldt County, IAIA9,4094–

81Iowa County, IAIA16,5044–

82Jefferson County, IAIA15,2914–

83Decatur County, IAIA7,6553–

84Hancock County, IAIA10,5283–

85Jones County, IAIA21,2533–

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