Average commute: zip codes ranked in Iowa

Average one-way travel time to work for people who don't work from home. Shorter is better. These lists rank zip codes in Iowa with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes with the longest commutes

#	Zip	City	Commute	Population
1	50139	Lacona	36.9 min	1,025
2	52254	Lost Nation	36.5 min	1,004
3	52053	Holy Cross	36.4 min	1,148
4	52032	Bernard	36.1 min	1,305
5	50210	New Virginia	36 min	1,487
6	50070	Dexter	35.6 min	1,221
7	50166	Milo	35.3 min	2,023
8	52540	Brighton	33.2 min	1,088
9	50247	State Center	33.1 min	2,004
10	52249	Keystone	33.1 min	1,060
11	50233	Redfield	32.9 min	1,406
12	50240	Saint Charles	32.8 min	2,393
13	52327	Riverside	32.7 min	3,796
14	52155	Lime Springs	32.7 min	1,110
15	50161	Maxwell	32.5 min	2,296
16	52035	Colesburg	32.5 min	1,331
17	52237	Hopkinton	32.2 min	1,830
18	52306	Mechanicsville	31.8 min	1,642
19	52571	Moravia	31.7 min	1,660
20	50069	De Soto	31.6 min	1,109
21	50055	Collins	31.1 min	1,102
22	50174	Murray	31 min	1,259
23	51525	Carson	30.7 min	1,067
24	50216	Panora	30.5 min	2,786
25	52356	Wellman	30.5 min	2,664
26	50061	Cumming	30.4 min	2,123
27	52777	Wheatland	30.4 min	1,389
28	52218	Coggon	30.3 min	1,413
29	51546	Logan	30.1 min	3,114
30	52590	Seymour	30 min	1,464
31	51570	Shelby	30 min	1,118
32	50543	Gowrie	29.9 min	1,420
33	52320	Olin	29.8 min	1,425
34	50156	Madrid	29.7 min	4,575
35	50225	Pleasantville	29.4 min	3,364
36	52754	Letts	29.4 min	1,533
37	50230	Radcliffe	29.2 min	1,145
38	52076	Strawberry Point	29 min	2,258
39	51551	Malvern	29 min	1,842
40	50056	Colo	28.8 min	1,003
41	50585	Sioux Rapids	28.7 min	1,080
42	52755	Lone Tree	28.6 min	2,092
43	50636	Greene	28.5 min	2,186
44	50680	Wellsburg	28.5 min	1,027
45	52726	Blue Grass	28.3 min	5,160
46	51454	Manilla	28.1 min	1,254
47	52216	Clarence	28 min	1,551
48	50238	Russell	28 min	1,195
49	50028	Baxter	27.9 min	1,981
50	52653	Wapello	27.8 min	3,083
51	52738	Columbus Junction	27.7 min	3,398
52	52332	Shellsburg	27.6 min	1,612
53	51653	Tabor	27.6 min	1,446
54	52654	Wayland	27.4 min	1,884
55	52316	North English	27.4 min	1,597
56	52746	Donahue	27.4 min	1,240
57	52531	Albia	27.3 min	6,036
58	52345	Urbana	27.3 min	1,609
59	52336	Springville	27.2 min	2,397
60	52324	Palo	27.2 min	2,216
61	51016	Correctionville	27.2 min	1,080
62	52772	Tipton	27 min	5,348
63	52346	Van Horne	27 min	1,113
64	52205	Anamosa	26.9 min	8,627
65	52213	Center Point	26.8 min	4,114
66	50466	Riceville	26.8 min	1,972
67	52151	Lansing	26.8 min	1,886
68	50228	Prairie City	26.6 min	2,120
69	50229	Prole	26.6 min	1,585
70	51450	Lake View	26.5 min	1,619
71	51245	Primghar	26.5 min	1,377
72	50072	Earlham	26.4 min	2,979
73	50237	Runnells	26.3 min	3,635
74	52214	Central City	26.3 min	2,761
75	50144	Leon	26.3 min	2,692
76	52768	Princeton	26.3 min	1,352
77	52248	Keota	26.2 min	1,675
78	52341	Toddville	26.2 min	1,378
79	50124	Huxley	26.1 min	4,859
80	52073	Sherrill	26.1 min	1,381
81	52037	Delmar	26.1 min	1,172
82	52561	Fremont	26.1 min	1,112
83	50651	La Porte City	26 min	3,147
84	50658	Nashua	26 min	2,450
85	50864	Villisca	26 min	1,662
86	52554	Eldon	26 min	1,078
87	51576	Underwood	25.9 min	1,769
88	50212	Ogden	25.8 min	2,993
89	50122	Hubbard	25.7 min	1,297
90	50660	New Hartford	25.7 min	1,143
91	50273	Winterset	25.6 min	8,950
92	52211	Brooklyn	25.6 min	2,795
93	50475	Sheffield	25.6 min	1,446
94	50619	Clarksville	25.5 min	2,150
95	51638	Essex	25.5 min	1,258
96	51053	Schaller	25.5 min	1,016
97	52802	Davenport	25.4 min	9,466
98	50162	Melbourne	25.4 min	1,164
99	50047	Carlisle	25.3 min	6,690
100	51526	Crescent	25.3 min	1,664

Zip codes with the shortest commutes

#	Zip	City	Commute	Population
1	50013	Ames	9.7 min	4,211
2	50012	Ames	10.2 min	1,913
3	51041	Orange City	10.3 min	7,324
4	51101	Sioux City	10.8 min	1,031
5	50588	Storm Lake	10.9 min	13,431
6	51250	Sioux Center	12.1 min	9,970
7	50511	Algona	12.2 min	7,240
8	50022	Atlantic	12.2 min	8,526
9	50436	Forest City	12.5 min	5,771
10	52242	Iowa City	12.8 min	4,688
11	51012	Cherokee	12.8 min	6,311
12	51401	Carroll	12.8 min	11,990
13	51445	Ida Grove	13 min	2,485
14	50309	Des Moines	13.3 min	10,110
15	50525	Clarion	13.4 min	3,179
16	51246	Rock Rapids	13.4 min	4,041
17	51247	Rock Valley	13.6 min	5,094
18	52556	Fairfield	13.6 min	11,448
19	51054	Sergeant Bluff	13.7 min	5,583
20	50801	Creston	13.7 min	9,034
21	50401	Mason City	13.7 min	28,703
22	51235	Doon	13.8 min	1,007
23	51234	Boyden	13.8 min	1,172
24	51239	Hull	13.8 min	2,876
25	51537	Harlan	14 min	6,382
26	50438	Garner	14.1 min	3,995
27	51442	Denison	14.2 min	9,692
28	50140	Lamoni	14.4 min	2,842
29	50536	Emmetsburg	14.4 min	4,207
30	50324	Windsor Heights	14.4 min	5,143
31	50613	Cedar Falls	14.4 min	43,867
32	52001	Dubuque	14.5 min	43,101
33	51601	Shenandoah	14.7 min	5,629
34	51238	Hospers	14.9 min	1,502
35	51355	Okoboji	15 min	1,048
36	50701	Waterloo	15 min	30,232
37	52003	Dubuque	15.1 min	13,796
38	51360	Spirit Lake	15.2 min	8,653
39	50574	Pocahontas	15.3 min	2,132
40	50219	Pella	15.3 min	14,416
41	52807	Davenport	15.3 min	15,617
42	51106	Sioux City	15.3 min	28,592
43	50659	New Hampton	15.4 min	5,688
44	52641	Mount Pleasant	15.4 min	12,428
45	52401	Cedar Rapids	15.5 min	2,181
46	51002	Alta	15.5 min	2,787
47	50112	Grinnell	15.6 min	11,862
48	50312	Des Moines	15.6 min	15,802
49	51052	Salix	15.7 min	1,050
50	50583	Sac City	15.8 min	2,288
51	50450	Lake Mills	15.8 min	2,952
52	51025	Holstein	15.9 min	1,925
53	52233	Hiawatha	15.9 min	7,000
54	50707	Evansdale	15.9 min	7,784
55	50014	Ames	15.9 min	32,958
56	50076	Exira	16 min	1,301
57	51023	Hawarden	16 min	3,473
58	50597	West Bend	16.1 min	1,341
59	51201	Sheldon	16.1 min	6,430
60	51632	Clarinda	16.1 min	6,624
61	50616	Charles City	16.2 min	9,358
62	52632	Keokuk	16.2 min	11,711
63	51301	Spencer	16.2 min	12,638
64	52101	Decorah	16.2 min	12,706
65	52057	Manchester	16.3 min	8,193
66	50010	Ames	16.3 min	33,799
67	51249	Sibley	16.4 min	3,564
68	51109	Sioux City	16.4 min	3,606
69	50514	Armstrong	16.5 min	1,117
70	50314	Des Moines	16.5 min	10,438
71	52328	Robins	16.6 min	2,712
72	52577	Oskaloosa	16.6 min	14,585
73	52002	Dubuque	16.6 min	17,005
74	52165	Ridgeway	16.7 min	1,098
75	50207	New Sharon	16.7 min	2,325
76	50849	Greenfield	16.7 min	2,374
77	50703	Waterloo	16.7 min	17,952
78	50461	Osage	16.8 min	5,228
79	51031	Le Mars	16.8 min	12,808
80	52142	Fayette	16.9 min	1,890
81	51105	Sioux City	16.9 min	10,415
82	50702	Waterloo	16.9 min	20,882
83	52157	Mc Gregor	17 min	1,451
84	52245	Iowa City	17 min	22,853
85	51449	Lake City	17.1 min	1,950
86	50851	Lenox	17.1 min	2,193
87	52544	Centerville	17.1 min	8,121
88	50643	Hudson	17.2 min	3,027
89	52601	Burlington	17.2 min	27,341
90	50158	Marshalltown	17.2 min	31,396
91	52803	Davenport	17.4 min	22,742
92	52240	Iowa City	17.4 min	35,074
93	51466	Wall Lake	17.5 min	1,043
94	52162	Postville	17.5 min	3,744
95	52172	Waukon	17.5 min	5,877
96	50311	Des Moines	17.5 min	14,574
97	52761	Muscatine	17.5 min	29,474
98	52068	Peosta	17.6 min	5,280
99	50265	West Des Moines	17.6 min	33,488
100	51501	Council Bluffs	17.6 min	34,618

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