ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pemiscot County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.3%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.9%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute19.7 min → 20.6 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 4.3%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 79.9%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.9% ±3.2 pp
Carpool13.5% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.3% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,530 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,958± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,530± 409 MOE
Workers with travel time5,291± 389 MOE
Estimated home workers239± 113 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.