Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10492024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
DeKalb County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 4.4% worked from home, 83.2% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.8 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone83.2%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.1%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 DeKalb County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.0 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 DeKalb County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 29,730 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How DeKalb County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered 25k–100k 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 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind DeKalb County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 29,730 workers age 16+, including 28,431 workers with reported travel time and 1,299 home workers.
Population estimate72,269± — MOE
Workers age 16+29,730± 933 MOE
Workers with travel time28,431± 900 MOE
Estimated home workers1,299± 272 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 DeKalb County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.