ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1018522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Anniston, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 80.4% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.4%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 Anniston city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.4 min → 23.8 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 7.7%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 80.4%▲ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Anniston city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.

Drive alone80.4% ±3.9 pp
Carpool7.9% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 8,258 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Anniston city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Anniston city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,258 workers age 16+, including 7,621 workers with reported travel time and 637 home workers.

Population estimate21,271± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+8,258± 563 MOE
Workers with travel time7,621± 580 MOE
Estimated home workers637± 249 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

Comparable Alabama commute records for Anniston city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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