ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Clair County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.6%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 commute28.1 min → 28.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 8.8%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 75.5%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.5% ±2.9 pp
Carpool13.7% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.8% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,894 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,587± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,894± 228 MOE
Workers with travel time3,550± 215 MOE
Estimated home workers344± 109 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.