Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AL · GEOID 11152024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
St. Clair County, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.7 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±1.8 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 St. Clair County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 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 St. Clair County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 41,974 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How St. Clair County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind St. Clair County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 41,974 workers age 16+, including 37,074 workers with reported travel time and 4,900 home workers.
Population estimate94,166± — MOE
Workers age 16+41,974± 1,104 MOE
Workers with travel time37,074± 1,186 MOE
Estimated home workers4,900± 776 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 St. Clair County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.