ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Knox County, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 22.4% worked from home, 62.9% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home22.4%±6.5 pp MOE
Drove alone62.9%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 Knox County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.3 min → 19.4 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home24.2% → 22.4%▼ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.2% → 62.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Knox County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.9%; 1.2% used public transit and 22.4% worked from home.

Drive alone62.9% ±6.0 pp
Carpool10.1% ±4.0 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.6 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home22.4% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 1,711 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Knox County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Knox County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,711 workers age 16+, including 1,327 workers with reported travel time and 384 home workers.

Population estimate3,756± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,711± 102 MOE
Workers with travel time1,327± 145 MOE
Estimated home workers384± 114 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 Knox 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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