Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 290572024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dade County, Missouri
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 76.1% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.1 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 Dade 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 +2.1 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 Dade County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,132 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dade County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k 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 under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dade County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,132 workers age 16+, including 2,818 workers with reported travel time and 314 home workers.
Population estimate7,641± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,132± 151 MOE
Workers with travel time2,818± 157 MOE
Estimated home workers314± 112 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 Missouri reports →Comparable Missouri commute records for Dade County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.