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

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Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Polk County, IA
Series ID B080ACS019153
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 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-12-07 11:25 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 18.500194533377710
2010-01-01 18.596818230778958
2011-01-01 18.690117641599183
2012-01-01 18.665013465711755
2013-01-01 19.032597409694517
2014-01-01 19.043072333944640
2015-01-01 19.131625925729537
2016-01-01 19.165637175710348
2017-01-01 19.407863341709074
2018-01-01 19.456934239452984
2019-01-01 19.509346953968320
2020-01-01 19.633074683951328
2021-01-01 19.608855461826227
2022-01-01 19.775300849169252

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