ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 290972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jasper County, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 Jasper County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.7 min → 19.6 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 8.8%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 80.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jasper County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone80.0% ±1.4 pp
Carpool8.4% ±0.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.8% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 57,912 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jasper County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

27thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jasper County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 57,912 workers age 16+, including 52,794 workers with reported travel time and 5,118 home workers.

Population estimate124,357± — MOE
Workers age 16+57,912± 1,176 MOE
Workers with travel time52,794± 1,245 MOE
Estimated home workers5,118± 691 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 Jasper 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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