Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1370002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Huntsville, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 14.6% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.7 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.6%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 Huntsville city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 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 Huntsville city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 14.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 110,975 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Huntsville city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Huntsville city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 110,975 workers age 16+, including 94,728 workers with reported travel time and 16,247 home workers.
Population estimate222,791± 65 MOE
Workers age 16+110,975± 1,957 MOE
Workers with travel time94,728± 2,176 MOE
Estimated home workers16,247± 1,183 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 Huntsville city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.