What is the average commute in Gasconade County, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 290732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gasconade County, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Gasconade County, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 84.6% drove alone, and 15.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home5.2%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone84.6%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.7%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 Gasconade County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.5 min → 27.2 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 5.2%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 84.6%▲ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gasconade County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.

Drive alone84.6% ±2.3 pp

Carpool7.5% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home5.2% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 6,787 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gasconade County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

27^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gasconade County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,787 workers age 16+, including 6,435 workers with reported travel time and 352 home workers.

Population estimate14,746± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,787± 284 MOE

Workers with travel time6,435± 302 MOE

Estimated home workers352± 100 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 Gasconade 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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