Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1344902024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Highland Lakes, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.3 min one way; 22.9% worked from home, 70.0% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.3 min±9.0 min MOE
Worked from home22.9%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±10.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Highland Lakes CDP'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 +7.5 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 Highland Lakes CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,275 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Highland Lakes CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 78th 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 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Highland Lakes CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,275 workers age 16+, including 2,524 workers with reported travel time and 751 home workers.
Population estimate5,866± 872 MOE
Workers age 16+3,275± 552 MOE
Workers with travel time2,524± 512 MOE
Estimated home workers751± 231 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 Highland Lakes CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.