ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1324162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Guntersville, Alabama

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone83.2%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 21.5 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 8.8%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.3% → 83.2%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.2% ±3.8 pp
Carpool6.2% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.8% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 3,435 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,916± 74 MOE
Workers age 16+3,435± 272 MOE
Workers with travel time3,134± 280 MOE
Estimated home workers301± 75 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.