Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1132642024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Center Point, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.9 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 76.1% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.9 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 Center Point city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 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 Center Point city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.1%; 1.5% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,168 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Center Point city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 80th 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 higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Center Point city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,168 workers age 16+, including 6,577 workers with reported travel time and 591 home workers.
Population estimate15,914± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+7,168± 547 MOE
Workers with travel time6,577± 587 MOE
Estimated home workers591± 180 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 Center Point city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.