What is the average commute in Escambia County, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Escambia County, Alabama work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Escambia County, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Escambia County, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 2.9% worked from home, 90.1% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home2.9%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone90.1%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.6%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 Escambia County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.6 min → 24.6 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.7% → 2.9%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.8% → 90.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Escambia County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 90.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 2.9% worked from home.

Drive alone90.1% ±2.4 pp

Carpool5.5% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home2.9% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 12,093 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Escambia County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

26^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Escambia County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,093 workers age 16+, including 11,745 workers with reported travel time and 348 home workers.

Population estimate36,629± — MOE

Workers age 16+12,093± 681 MOE

Workers with travel time11,745± 676 MOE

Estimated home workers348± 134 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 Escambia 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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