ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MO · GEOID 292292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wright County, Missouri

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone81.6%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.0%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 commute27.4 min → 29.5 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 7.4%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 81.6%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.6% ±4.0 pp
Carpool7.8% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 7,305 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,965± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,305± 386 MOE
Workers with travel time6,766± 400 MOE
Estimated home workers539± 171 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.