ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1481122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Meridianville, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 18.6% worked from home, 69.5% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home18.6%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±7.9 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 Meridianville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.8 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute22.7 min → 25.2 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 18.6%▲ 10.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 2.0%▲ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.7% → 69.5%▼ 18.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Meridianville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.5%; 2.0% used public transit and 18.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.5% ±7.9 pp
Carpool9.4% ±3.7 pp
Public transit2.0% ±2.1 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home18.6% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 5,467 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Meridianville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Meridianville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,467 workers age 16+, including 4,451 workers with reported travel time and 1,016 home workers.

Population estimate11,150± 1,082 MOE
Workers age 16+5,467± 744 MOE
Workers with travel time4,451± 702 MOE
Estimated home workers1,016± 298 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

Comparable Alabama commute records for Meridianville CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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