ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 290812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harrison County, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.2%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 Harrison 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 +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 22.9 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 9.7%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 79.2%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Harrison County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.2% ±2.2 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,373 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Harrison County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

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

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

63th60+ 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 Harrison County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,373 workers age 16+, including 3,045 workers with reported travel time and 328 home workers.

Population estimate8,190± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,373± 224 MOE
Workers with travel time3,045± 212 MOE
Estimated home workers328± 104 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 Harrison 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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