ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1030042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Atmore, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 2.2% worked from home, 93.6% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±7.0 min MOE
Worked from home2.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone93.6%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Atmore city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.9 min → 23.5 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.4% → 2.2%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.1% → 93.6%▲ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Atmore city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 93.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.2% worked from home.

Drive alone93.6% ±5.2 pp
Carpool4.0% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home2.2% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 2,275 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Atmore city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% 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 Atmore city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,275 workers age 16+, including 2,224 workers with reported travel time and 51 home workers.

Population estimate8,334± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,275± 393 MOE
Workers with travel time2,224± 391 MOE
Estimated home workers51± 48 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 Atmore 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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