ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1364482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hueytown, Alabama

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.7%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute28.2 min → 26.4 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 11.6%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.2% → 79.7%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.7% ±3.9 pp
Carpool8.0% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.6% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 6,807 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.

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,414± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+6,807± 538 MOE
Workers with travel time6,017± 532 MOE
Estimated home workers790± 269 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.