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Greene County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Greene 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 Greene County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Greene County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 141 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way.

Greene 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 Greene County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,753 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)
Greene County 17.0 min 33.9 min 141 hrs/yr $4,383 273
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

Greene County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.0 minutes to get to work in Greene County. That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 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 Greene County

  • Car: 90.6%
  • Worked at Home: 7.6%
  • Walked: 1.1%
  • Taxi: 0.3%
  • Other: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Greene County: 28.2 times less than the Iowa average (0.0% vs 0.7%).

Biking is unusually rare in Greene County: 7.0 times less than the Iowa average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Greene County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Greene 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 86.9% 8.5% 3.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 85.6% 9.4% 3.7% 0.0% 0.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 85.3% 9.5% 4.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 86.5% 8.7% 3.6% 0.0% 0.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 85.9% 8.3% 4.5% 0.0% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 85.1% 8.0% 4.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.9%
2015 86.3% 7.8% 3.7% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 1.6%
2016 87.5% 6.6% 3.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 1.6%
2017 87.2% 6.2% 4.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 1.3%
2018 87.2% 6.5% 3.5% 0.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.3% 1.7%
2019 88.9% 5.3% 3.7% 0.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.3% 1.0%
2020 89.4% 4.8% 4.7% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6%
2021 89.2% 5.3% 4.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5%
2022 89.1% 5.2% 4.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.9%
2023 90.0% 6.8% 2.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
2024 90.6% 7.6% 1.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2014 at 85.1%. Overall it rose from 86.9% in 2009 to 90.6% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.9% to 1.1% of workers (down 2.8 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 9.5% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 7.6%.

Commute Start Times in Greene County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Greene County?

The bars show when commuters in Greene 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
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
12.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
18.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Greene County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Iowa. Early starts are more common than in Iowa: 25.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Iowa's: 50.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.6%) 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 Greene 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 Greene 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 Greene 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 Greene County Iowa United States
2009 7:17 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:18 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:15 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:21 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:27 AM 7:34 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:29 AM 7:33 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:26 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:26 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:21 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:13 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:13 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:11 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:09 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:07 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Greene County were on the road by 7:07 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). The shift is sharper than across Iowa, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Greene County now leave 31 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 Greene County has moved 14 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Greene County in the whole series.

How does Greene County's commute time compare?

Metric Greene County Iowa US Average
Avg. Commute Time 17.0 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 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.6% 11.3% 15.0%
Walked 1.1% 2.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Greene County is about the same as in Iowa.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.9% in Iowa.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Greene County, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Greene County, IA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,689 residents against a local median of 20,594. Greene County, IA sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 8% below the local median at 17.0 min against 18.5 min. Greene County, IA has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Greene County, IA 8,689 17.0 min #3/6 7.6% #4/6 7:07 AM #1/6
Guthrie County, IA 10,688 20.6 min 11.8% 7:15 AM
Calhoun County, IA 9,803 18.5 min 7.6% 7:23 AM
Webster County, IA 36,886 14.0 min 4.6% 7:32 AM
Carroll County, IA 20,594 10.8 min 7.3% 7:26 AM
Boone County, IA 26,668 20.8 min 10.1% 7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Greene County, Iowa.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 141 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,383 at a typical national wage.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Greene County, Iowa. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

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

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).