Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1457842024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Madison, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 19.2% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 1.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.2 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.3%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 Madison 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 +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 Madison city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 30,349 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Madison city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Madison city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 30,349 workers age 16+, including 24,529 workers with reported travel time and 5,820 home workers.
Population estimate60,106± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+30,349± 1,100 MOE
Workers with travel time24,529± 1,197 MOE
Estimated home workers5,820± 689 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 Madison city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.