ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Charles County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home18.0%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute25.3 min → 24.5 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 18.0%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 73.8%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±0.9 pp
Carpool5.9% ±0.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.0 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.0 pp
Work from home18.0% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 220,969 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

6thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate414,535± — MOE
Workers age 16+220,969± 1,755 MOE
Workers with travel time181,154± 2,200 MOE
Estimated home workers39,815± 1,720 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.