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Table Data - Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Des Moines County, IA

Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Des Moines County, IA
Series ID B080ACS019057
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Mean Commute Time (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Minutes
Date Range 2009-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-12-12 9:43 AM CST
Notes Mean commuting time is calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work for all workers (in minutes) by the total number of workers, 16-years old and older, who commute (ACS 5-year variables B08013_001E from table B08013 and B08012_001E from table B08012, respectively).

Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification.
DATE VALUE
2009-01-01 16.371660178123832
2010-01-01 16.036046121123924
2011-01-01 16.424054175061563
2012-01-01 16.724501693409582
2013-01-01 15.941126279863480
2014-01-01 15.802257954156689
2015-01-01 16.098102319387415
2016-01-01 16.217681858019283
2017-01-01 15.912733020821978
2018-01-01 16.353420733722597
2019-01-01 16.759637689163814
2020-01-01 17.020415049772230
2021-01-01 16.648861400056227
2022-01-01 16.715069746169680
2023-01-01 18.617277577009120

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