Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10692024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Houston County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 85.0% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.1 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone85.0%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Houston County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 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 Houston County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 47,016 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Houston County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 31th 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 lower than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Houston County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 47,016 workers age 16+, including 44,833 workers with reported travel time and 2,183 home workers.
Population estimate108,140± — MOE
Workers age 16+47,016± 707 MOE
Workers with travel time44,833± 763 MOE
Estimated home workers2,183± 255 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 Houston County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.