Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 291892024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
St. Louis County, Missouri
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.1 min one way; 18.3% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.1 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.3%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 St. Louis County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.7 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 St. Louis County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 1.4% used public transit and 18.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 489,741 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How St. Louis County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind St. Louis County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 489,741 workers age 16+, including 400,331 workers with reported travel time and 89,410 home workers.
Population estimate995,569± — MOE
Workers age 16+489,741± 3,388 MOE
Workers with travel time400,331± 3,707 MOE
Estimated home workers89,410± 2,633 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 St. Louis County
These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.