What is the average commute in Chariton County, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Chariton County, Missouri work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 · MO · GEOID 290412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chariton County, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Chariton County, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.4%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone80.0%±2.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.2%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 Chariton County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.4 min → 22.7 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 8.4%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 80.0%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chariton County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.

Drive alone80.0% ±2.0 pp

Carpool9.1% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.5% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.4% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 3,358 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chariton County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

44^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chariton County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,358 workers age 16+, including 3,076 workers with reported travel time and 282 home workers.

Population estimate7,390± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,358± 146 MOE

Workers with travel time3,076± 144 MOE

Estimated home workers282± 60 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 Missouri commute records for Chariton 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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