ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1241842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Enterprise, Alabama

Mean one-way trip20.1 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone80.5%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 20.1 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 4.9%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.3% → 80.5%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.5% ±3.9 pp
Carpool12.3% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.9% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 12,679 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate29,505± 196 MOE
Workers age 16+12,679± 575 MOE
Workers with travel time12,059± 581 MOE
Estimated home workers620± 174 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.