ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Livingston County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone84.0%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute16.9 min → 20.3 min▲ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 6.1%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 84.0%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.0% ±3.3 pp
Carpool8.0% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home6.1% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 6,244 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,364± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,244± 257 MOE
Workers with travel time5,862± 265 MOE
Estimated home workers382± 131 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.