Calhoun County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Calhoun County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Calhoun County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 154 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.

Calhoun County holds about 0.3% of Iowa's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Calhoun County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,910 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Calhoun County	18.5 min	37.0 min	154 hrs/yr	$4,774	234
Iowa	17.0 min	33.9 min	141 hrs/yr	$4,382	606
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Iowa Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Iowa

Sioux County (10.1 min)
Union County (10.4 min)
Cass County (10.6 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Iowa

Monroe County (30.4 min)
Madison County (30.1 min)
Mills County (26.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Calhoun County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.5 minutes to get to work in Calhoun County. That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 74% of counties in Iowa

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Calhoun County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.1% in Iowa.

Public transit is unusually rare in Calhoun County: 3.3 times less than the Iowa average (0.2% vs 0.7%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.2% in Iowa.

Commute Mode Trends in Calhoun County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Calhoun County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	87.2%	6.8%	3.6%	0.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.7%
2010	88.4%	6.6%	3.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	87.6%	7.2%	3.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	87.0%	7.1%	3.5%	1.0%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	88.7%	6.2%	2.9%	1.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	89.9%	5.0%	3.0%	1.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	89.1%	5.4%	2.8%	2.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	88.4%	6.7%	2.6%	1.5%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	89.9%	6.0%	2.0%	1.1%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	90.1%	6.3%	2.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	90.2%	6.7%	1.4%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	90.5%	6.4%	1.9%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	90.2%	5.5%	2.5%	1.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.1%	5.3%	2.6%	1.2%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.3%	7.0%	2.4%	1.1%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.1%	7.6%	3.4%	1.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 90.5% and lowest in 2012 at 87.0%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 87.2% in 2009 and 87.1% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Calhoun County: its share of workers rose from 6.8% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Calhoun County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calhoun County?

The bars show when commuters in Calhoun County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Iowa for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

Calhoun County Iowa Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Calhoun County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Iowa. Early starts are more common than in Iowa: 16.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Iowa: 56.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.9%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Calhoun County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Calhoun County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Calhoun County next to Iowa and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Calhoun County	Iowa	United States
2009	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:25 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:30 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:32 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:28 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Calhoun County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). Iowa followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Calhoun County now leave 15 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Calhoun County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Calhoun County's commute time compare?

Metric	Calhoun County	Iowa	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.5 min	17.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.6%	11.3%	15.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Calhoun County is 18.5 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Iowa.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 3.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.9% in Iowa.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Calhoun County, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Calhoun County, IA is typical in size for this group, 9,803 residents against a local median of 9,689, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Calhoun County, IA's work from home, at 7.6%, runs 41% above the 5.4% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.5 min against a local median of 15.4 min, 20% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 20% above the local median it puts Calhoun County, IA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 2.9% on work from home, so Calhoun County, IA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Calhoun County, IA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Calhoun County, IA	9,803	18.5 min #6/6	7.6% #1/6	7:23 AM #3/6
Pocahontas County, IA	7,046	15.4 min	5.4%	7:14 AM
Carroll County, IA	20,594	10.8 min	7.3%	7:26 AM
Greene County, IA	8,689	17.0 min	7.6%	7:07 AM
Webster County, IA	36,886	14.0 min	4.6%	7:32 AM
Sac County, IA	9,689	18.1 min	4.7%	7:23 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Calhoun County, Iowa.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Calhoun County, Iowa?

Commuters here spend an estimated 154 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,774 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical Iowa commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Calhoun County, Iowa?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Calhoun County, Iowa. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Calhoun County, Iowa?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 0.7% in Iowa, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Iowa?

Among counties in Iowa, the shortest average commutes are in Sioux County (10.1 min), Union County (10.4 min), Cass County (10.6 min). The longest are in Monroe County (30.4 min), Madison County (30.1 min), Mills County (26.7 min).