What is the average commute in Osage County, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Osage County, Missouri work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Osage County, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Osage County, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home7.4%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.9%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.2%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 Osage County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 26.4 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 7.4%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 79.9%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Osage County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 1.0% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.

Drive alone79.9% ±2.8 pp

Carpool9.8% ±2.6 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.2 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home7.4% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 6,615 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Osage County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Osage County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,615 workers age 16+, including 6,125 workers with reported travel time and 490 home workers.

Population estimate13,402± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,615± 256 MOE

Workers with travel time6,125± 283 MOE

Estimated home workers490± 134 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 Osage 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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