Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Butler County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 84.7% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.0 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone84.7%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 Butler County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Butler County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,123 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Butler County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Butler County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,123 workers age 16+, including 6,736 workers with reported travel time and 387 home workers.
Population estimate18,630± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,123± 354 MOE
Workers with travel time6,736± 365 MOE
Estimated home workers387± 131 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
All Alabama reports →Comparable Alabama commute records for Butler County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.