Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 11032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Morgan County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.9 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 81.9% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.9 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone81.9%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Morgan County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 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 Morgan County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 53,897 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Morgan County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 55th 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 55% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Morgan County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 53,897 workers age 16+, including 50,034 workers with reported travel time and 3,863 home workers.
Population estimate124,471± — MOE
Workers age 16+53,897± 1,179 MOE
Workers with travel time50,034± 1,256 MOE
Estimated home workers3,863± 451 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 Morgan County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.