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Cass County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Cass County, Iowa: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Cass County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Cass County spend about 21 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 88 hours, about 3.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 38% less time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.4 minutes.

Cass County holds about 0.4% of Iowa's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Cass County would save about 35 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,093 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)
Cass County 10.6 min 21.1 min 88 hrs/yr $2,731 209
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
  1. Sioux County (10.1 min)
  2. Union County (10.4 min)
  3. Cass County (10.6 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Iowa
  1. Monroe County (30.4 min)
  2. Madison County (30.1 min)
  3. Mills County (26.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Cass County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 10.6 minutes to get to work in Cass County. That's 53% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Iowa

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Cass County

  • Car: 84.6%
  • Worked at Home: 10.0%
  • Walked: 3.8%
  • Taxi: 0.8% unusually high
  • Other: 0.4%
  • Motorcycle: 0.3%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Cass County: 9.0 times less than the Iowa average (0.1% vs 0.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Cass County: 4.9 times more than the Iowa average (0.8% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Cass County: 11.1 times less than the Iowa average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Cass County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Cass 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 Taxi Other Motorcycle Public Transportation Bicycle
2009 83.8% 9.5% 5.1% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.6% 0.5%
2010 86.0% 6.5% 6.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
2011 85.3% 6.6% 5.9% 0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
2012 88.0% 5.7% 3.8% 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5%
2013 88.7% 5.2% 3.6% 0.3% 0.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5%
2014 87.1% 6.1% 3.9% 0.4% 1.0% 0.3% 0.5% 0.7%
2015 87.4% 5.9% 3.1% 0.2% 0.6% 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
2016 89.1% 5.5% 3.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.9% 0.2%
2017 88.9% 4.8% 4.8% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 0.7% 0.1%
2018 89.4% 5.0% 3.8% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 1.0% 0.2%
2019 89.6% 3.9% 3.9% 0.1% 0.8% 0.3% 1.1% 0.2%
2020 86.6% 6.4% 5.4% 0.1% 0.7% 0.1% 0.5% 0.2%
2021 86.5% 6.4% 5.3% 0.2% 1.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
2022 86.0% 8.3% 4.3% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
2023 85.0% 9.1% 4.3% 0.1% 1.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
2024 84.6% 10.0% 3.8% 0.8% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 89.6%. Overall it rose from 83.8% in 2009 to 84.6% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Taking a taxi gained the most ground in Cass County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.8% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.1% to 3.8% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

Taking a taxi overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Cass County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Iowa's 99 counties: the typical start is 14 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cass County?

The bars show when commuters in Cass 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
6.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
1.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
16.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
18.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Cass County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.6% across Iowa. Early starts are less common than in Iowa: 12.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Iowa: 58.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.1%) 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 Cass 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 Cass 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 Cass 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 Cass County Iowa United States
2009 7:16 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:36 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:37 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:37 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:36 AM 7:34 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:30 AM 7:33 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:32 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:30 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:29 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:29 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:26 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:28 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:26 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:25 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:30 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Cass County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:16 AM). That goes against the trend across Iowa, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Cass County now leave 8 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Cass County's commute time compare?

Metric Cass County Iowa US Average
Avg. Commute Time 10.6 min 17.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.0% 11.3% 15.0%
Walked 3.8% 2.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Cass County is 10.6 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Iowa.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 3.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.9% in Iowa.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Cass County, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Cass County, IA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,096 residents against a local median of 7,460. Cass County, IA's one-way commute, at 10.6 min, runs 31% below the 15.4 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 5.1 min on one-way commute, so Cass County, IA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cass County, IA has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Cass County, IA 13,096 10.6 min #1/6 10.0% #4/6 7:30 AM #6/6
Audubon County, IA 5,599 13.5 min 10.7% 7:24 AM
Montgomery County, IA 10,214 15.4 min 10.0% 7:24 AM
Adams County, IA 3,622 18.5 min 10.0% 7:20 AM
Adair County, IA 7,460 15.4 min 11.2% 7:18 AM
Shelby County, IA 11,778 13.4 min 12.8% 7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Cass County, Iowa.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 88 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,731 at a typical national wage. That's 38% less than the typical Iowa commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Cass County, Iowa. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Cass County, Iowa?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).