Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10972024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mobile County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.1 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 82.5% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.1 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone82.5%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Mobile County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 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 Mobile County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 177,251 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mobile County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 67th 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 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mobile County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 177,251 workers age 16+, including 162,567 workers with reported travel time and 14,684 home workers.
Population estimate412,590± — MOE
Workers age 16+177,251± 2,039 MOE
Workers with travel time162,567± 2,059 MOE
Estimated home workers14,684± 1,122 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 Mobile County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.