Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10552024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Etowah County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 4.0% worked from home, 86.5% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone86.5%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 Etowah County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 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 Etowah County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 4.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 42,690 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Etowah County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 63th 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 63% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Etowah County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 42,690 workers age 16+, including 40,988 workers with reported travel time and 1,702 home workers.
Population estimate103,105± — MOE
Workers age 16+42,690± 1,097 MOE
Workers with travel time40,988± 1,095 MOE
Estimated home workers1,702± 318 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 Etowah County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.