What is the average commute in Helena city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 1340242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Helena, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Helena city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.7 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 73.0% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home19.5%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone73.0%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Helena 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 +8.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.6 min → 30.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 19.5%▲ 8.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 73.0%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Helena city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.

Drive alone73.0% ±4.6 pp

Carpool6.1% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home19.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 11,529 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Helena 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.

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% 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.

53^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Helena city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,529 workers age 16+, including 9,276 workers with reported travel time and 2,253 home workers.

Population estimate21,769± 91 MOE

Workers age 16+11,529± 553 MOE

Workers with travel time9,276± 679 MOE

Estimated home workers2,253± 373 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 Helena 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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