ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cleburne County, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.3 min one way; 6.2% worked from home, 85.2% drove alone, and 17.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.3 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone85.2%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.1%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 Cleburne County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.0 min → 35.3 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 6.2%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 85.2%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cleburne County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.2%; 0.3% used public transit and 6.2% worked from home.

Drive alone85.2% ±2.1 pp
Carpool8.0% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.2% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 6,022 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cleburne County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cleburne County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,022 workers age 16+, including 5,651 workers with reported travel time and 371 home workers.

Population estimate15,426± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,022± 429 MOE
Workers with travel time5,651± 422 MOE
Estimated home workers371± 151 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 Cleburne 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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