ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 290652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dent County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone83.2%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.5 min → 21.0 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 7.2%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.2% → 83.2%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.2% ±2.7 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 5,604 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,539± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,604± 347 MOE
Workers with travel time5,203± 356 MOE
Estimated home workers401± 105 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.