ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bullock County, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.8 min one way; 1.1% worked from home, 87.1% drove alone, and 13.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.8 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home1.1%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone87.1%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.9%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Bullock County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute33.8 min → 31.8 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.7% → 1.1%▲ 0.4 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 87.1%▲ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bullock County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.1% worked from home.

Drive alone87.1% ±5.9 pp
Carpool10.1% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home1.1% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 3,072 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bullock County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bullock County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,072 workers age 16+, including 3,037 workers with reported travel time and 35 home workers.

Population estimate10,058± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,072± 386 MOE
Workers with travel time3,037± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers35± 42 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Alabama commute records for Bullock County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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