Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1011322024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Alexander City, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 83.9% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.5 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone83.9%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Alexander City city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 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 Alexander City city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,745 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Alexander City city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k places; 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 places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Alexander City city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,745 workers age 16+, including 5,483 workers with reported travel time and 262 home workers.
Population estimate14,606± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+5,745± 521 MOE
Workers with travel time5,483± 529 MOE
Estimated home workers262± 145 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 Alabama reports →Comparable Alabama commute records for Alexander City city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.