What is the average commute in Lee County, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 10812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lee County, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Lee County, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±1.0 min MOE

Worked from home9.5%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone79.1%±1.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Lee County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 22.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 9.5%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.7%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 79.1%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lee County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 0.7% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.1% ±1.2 pp

Carpool7.2% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home9.5% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 84,085 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lee County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

35^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

27^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lee County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 84,085 workers age 16+, including 76,130 workers with reported travel time and 7,955 home workers.

Population estimate181,134± — MOE

Workers age 16+84,085± 1,884 MOE

Workers with travel time76,130± 2,016 MOE

Estimated home workers7,955± 798 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 Lee 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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