ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 28.7 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 9.0%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 75.4%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.4% ±3.1 pp
Carpool10.9% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.9% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 5,060 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.

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

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

20thTransit percentile

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

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,426± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,060± 251 MOE
Workers with travel time4,603± 253 MOE
Estimated home workers457± 96 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.