What is the average commute in Daviess County, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 290612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Daviess County, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Daviess County, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.9 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 68.2% drove alone, and 17.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.9 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone68.2%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.1%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 Daviess County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 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.

Mean commute31.4 min → 34.9 min▲ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 13.5%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 68.2%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Daviess County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.2%; 0.7% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.2% ±3.5 pp

Carpool10.5% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.5 pp

Walk4.3% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home13.5% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 3,817 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Daviess County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Daviess County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,817 workers age 16+, including 3,303 workers with reported travel time and 514 home workers.

Population estimate8,477± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,817± 137 MOE

Workers with travel time3,303± 173 MOE

Estimated home workers514± 130 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 Daviess 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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