ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1358002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Homewood, Alabama

Mean one-way trip17.1 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 commute16.8 min → 17.1 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 14.4%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 73.9%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.9% ±2.5 pp
Carpool8.1% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 14,176 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,829± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+14,176± 629 MOE
Workers with travel time12,135± 614 MOE
Estimated home workers2,041± 337 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.