Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291952024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Saline County, Missouri
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 3.9% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.5 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home3.9%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Saline County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Saline County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,362 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Saline County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Saline County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,362 workers age 16+, including 9,957 workers with reported travel time and 405 home workers.
Population estimate23,231± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,362± 439 MOE
Workers with travel time9,957± 440 MOE
Estimated home workers405± 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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Missouri reports →Comparable Missouri commute records for Saline County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.