What is the average commute in Chickasaw city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Chickasaw city, Alabama work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · AL · GEOID 1143922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chickasaw, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Chickasaw city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 88.1% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home5.1%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone88.1%±7.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.0%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 Chickasaw city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.6 min → 21.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 5.1%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.3% → 88.1%▲ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chickasaw city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 88.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.

Drive alone88.1% ±7.4 pp

Carpool3.7% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp

Walk2.1% ±3.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home5.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 2,489 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chickasaw city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chickasaw city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,489 workers age 16+, including 2,363 workers with reported travel time and 126 home workers.

Population estimate6,332± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+2,489± 272 MOE

Workers with travel time2,363± 268 MOE

Estimated home workers126± 56 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 Chickasaw 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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