Warren County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Warren County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Warren County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 190 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% more time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.9 minutes.

Warren County holds about 1.7% of Iowa's population but accounts for roughly 2.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Warren County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,361 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)
Warren County	22.9 min	45.7 min	190 hrs/yr	$5,903	1,456
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

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On average, it takes 22.9 minutes to get to work in Warren County. That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 91% 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 15.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Warren County

• Car: 81.2%
• Worked at Home: 15.3%
• Walked: 2.5%
• Other: 0.9%
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Warren County: 5.6 times less than the Iowa average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Warren County, versus 0.7% in Iowa.

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

Biking is unusually rare in Warren County: 4.5 times less than the Iowa average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Warren County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Warren 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Bicycle
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.6%	5.5%	2.8%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	89.9%	6.3%	2.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	90.0%	6.7%	2.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	90.9%	5.8%	2.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	91.7%	5.6%	1.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	91.6%	5.9%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	91.8%	5.4%	2.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	91.5%	5.0%	2.9%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	90.6%	5.8%	3.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.1%	5.1%	3.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.3%	5.0%	3.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	88.7%	7.4%	3.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	86.2%	10.0%	3.0%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	85.2%	11.3%	2.8%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	82.7%	13.6%	2.6%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	81.2%	15.3%	2.5%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 91.8%. Overall it fell from 90.6% in 2009 to 81.2% in 2024, down 9.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Warren County: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 15.3% in 2024, up 9.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Warren County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Warren County?

The bars show when commuters in Warren 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	12:00-4:59 AM Warren County3.7% Iowa5.2%	3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Warren County4.1% Iowa4.1%	4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Warren County4.5% Iowa5.7%	4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Warren County10.9% Iowa8.2%	10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Warren County13.3% Iowa11.2%	13.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Warren County17.0% Iowa15.1%	17.0%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Warren County14.9% Iowa15.6%	14.9%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Warren County9.9% Iowa9.1%	9.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Warren County2.3% Iowa3.6%	2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Warren County4.2% Iowa4.4%	4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Warren County2.8% Iowa2.3%	2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Warren County0.7% Iowa1.1%	0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Warren County6.5% Iowa7.5%	6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Warren County5.3% Iowa6.8%	5.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Warren County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Iowa. Early starts are less common than in Iowa: 12.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Iowa: 55.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.4%) 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 Warren 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 Warren 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 Warren 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.

• Warren County
• Iowa
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Warren County	Iowa	United States
2009	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:22 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:22 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Warren County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:22 AM). That goes against the trend across Iowa, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Warren County now leave 14 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Warren County's commute time compare?

Metric	Warren County	Iowa	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.9 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	15.3%	11.3%	15.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Warren County is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Iowa.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.9% in Iowa.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau