Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10152024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Calhoun County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 85.1% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.2 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone85.1%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 Calhoun County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 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 Calhoun County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.1%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 48,933 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Calhoun County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Calhoun County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 48,933 workers age 16+, including 46,027 workers with reported travel time and 2,906 home workers.
Population estimate116,090± — MOE
Workers age 16+48,933± 1,234 MOE
Workers with travel time46,027± 1,301 MOE
Estimated home workers2,906± 450 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 Calhoun County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.