What is the average commute in Gentry County, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 290752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gentry County, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Gentry County, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.4 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.4 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home8.0%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone79.4%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.6%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 Gentry County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 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 commute22.4 min → 22.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 8.0%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 79.4%▲ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gentry County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 1.3% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone79.4% ±2.8 pp

Carpool6.8% ±2.5 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.3 pp

Walk2.2% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home8.0% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 2,833 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gentry County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57^thWork-from-home percentile

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

95^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gentry County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,833 workers age 16+, including 2,605 workers with reported travel time and 228 home workers.

Population estimate6,245± — MOE

Workers age 16+2,833± 125 MOE

Workers with travel time2,605± 137 MOE

Estimated home workers228± 71 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 Gentry 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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