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Shortest commutes, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties with the shortest 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

01Sioux County, IAIA36,77413.4+27%

02Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44913.8+23%

03Carroll County, IAIA20,30313.9+27%

04Kossuth County, IAIA14,32215.1+23%

05Page County, IAIA14,85615.5+36%

06Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89916.0+40%

07Dickinson County, IAIA18,07716.1+46%

08Winnebago County, IAIA10,25116.1+44%

09Dubuque County, IAIA99,38116.4+58%

10Union County, IAIA11,82916.4+25%

11Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53216.6+61%

12Clay County, IAIA16,20217.0+62%

13Des Moines County, IAIA38,07717.0+54%

14Crawford County, IAIA16,23717.1+41%

15Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37217.2+63%

16Jefferson County, IAIA15,29117.2+59%

17Mahaska County, IAIA21,88017.3+34%

18O'Brien County, IAIA14,22017.3+39%

19Webster County, IAIA36,83817.4+55%

20Franklin County, IAIA9,86817.5+32%

21Shelby County, IAIA11,68917.6+18%

22Wright County, IAIA12,80117.6+49%

23Henry County, IAIA19,34917.7+46%

24Humboldt County, IAIA9,40917.8+34%

25Woodbury County, IAIA106,64918.0+65%

26Cass County, IAIA12,96018.1+16%

27Muscatine County, IAIA41,85318.1+52%

28Cherokee County, IAIA11,36918.2+51%

29Story County, IAIA101,29118.2+58%

30Floyd County, IAIA14,90118.2+31%

31Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73318.2+61%

32Lee County, IAIA32,30618.2+58%

33Plymouth County, IAIA25,69718.3+37%

34Marshall County, IAIA39,89018.3+45%

35Wapello County, IAIA35,21018.7+39%

36Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36818.8+45%

37Audubon County, IAIA5,50918.8+31%

38Sac County, IAIA9,52519.0+57%

39Linn County, IAIA232,02819.0+73%

40Scott County, IAIA175,25919.1+68%

41Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66319.2+26%

42Emmet County, IAIA9,10719.3+64%

43Marion County, IAIA34,19219.3+24%

44Lyon County, IAIA12,35419.4+46%

45Johnson County, IAIA160,04419.4+77%

46Fayette County, IAIA19,04719.5+41%

47Polk County, IAIA516,54619.6+83%

48Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81919.7+44%

49Montgomery County, IAIA10,00219.7+47%

50Calhoun County, IAIA9,56219.7+48%

51Hardin County, IAIA16,45519.7+46%

52Clinton County, IAIA46,00219.7+49%

53Hancock County, IAIA10,52819.7+59%

54Mitchell County, IAIA10,65020.0+41%

55Fremont County, IAIA6,52220.3+22%

56Lucas County, IAIA8,84720.5+2%

57Ida County, IAIA6,77720.6+62%

58Bremer County, IAIA25,29620.6+64%

59Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99620.8+64%

60Adams County, IAIA3,61720.9+53%

61Hamilton County, IAIA14,94421.2+81%

62Appanoose County, IAIA12,07721.2+39%

63Dallas County, IAIA118,45721.2+51%

64Osceola County, IAIA5,98021.3+88%

65Monona County, IAIA8,53921.5+20%

66Greene County, IAIA8,65821.5+40%

67Boone County, IAIA26,79921.7+49%

68Tama County, IAIA16,79622.0+48%

69Grundy County, IAIA12,36122.1+60%

70Delaware County, IAIA17,67422.2+40%

71Davis County, IAIA9,23022.2+26%

72Howard County, IAIA9,41522.3+55%

73Clayton County, IAIA16,84522.3+53%

74Washington County, IAIA22,66722.4+46%

75Worth County, IAIA7,33822.5+73%

76Louisa County, IAIA10,41622.6+41%

77Taylor County, IAIA5,83522.6+63%

78Buchanan County, IAIA20,88322.7+42%

79Jasper County, IAIA38,15323.2+67%

80Allamakee County, IAIA14,23823.2+70%

81Van Buren County, IAIA7,13123.4+41%

82Wayne County, IAIA6,73823.4+46%

83Adair County, IAIA7,40323.5+44%

84Butler County, IAIA14,04923.6+56%

85Mills County, IAIA14,79323.6+44%

86Iowa County, IAIA16,50423.8+56%

87Ringgold County, IAIA4,64224.2+58%

88Monroe County, IAIA7,40624.3+31%

89Jackson County, IAIA19,28824.3+48%

90Warren County, IAIA57,33124.8+46%

91Benton County, IAIA26,00424.9+47%

92Keokuk County, IAIA9,79725.0+30%

93Jones County, IAIA21,25325.5+37%

94Clarke County, IAIA9,57425.5+39%

95Cedar County, IAIA18,35925.8+57%

96Decatur County, IAIA7,65526.8+51%

97Madison County, IAIA17,27027.2+37%

98Harrison County, IAIA14,62327.9+32%

99Guthrie County, IAIA10,78228.2+30%

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