ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 290872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Holt County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 commute23.3 min → 23.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 8.0%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 80.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.1% ±2.7 pp
Carpool8.8% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.8% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 1,990 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

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

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate4,240± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,990± 80 MOE
Workers with travel time1,831± 91 MOE
Estimated home workers159± 59 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.