What is the average commute in Midfield city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Midfield city, Alabama work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · AL · GEOID 1483762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Midfield, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Midfield city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±5.7 min MOE

Worked from home5.3%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone78.8%±8.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.4%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 Midfield city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.5 min → 23.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.7% → 5.3%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.5%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 78.8%▲ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Midfield city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 1.5% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±8.1 pp

Carpool12.4% ±4.9 pp

Public transit1.5% ±2.0 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±1.7 pp

Work from home5.3% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 2,036 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Midfield city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Midfield city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,036 workers age 16+, including 1,928 workers with reported travel time and 108 home workers.

Population estimate5,045± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+2,036± 330 MOE

Workers with travel time1,928± 330 MOE

Estimated home workers108± 66 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 Midfield city

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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