ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1510962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Moody, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 19.8% worked from home, 70.3% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home19.8%±6.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.3%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Moody city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 27.3 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 19.8%▲ 12.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 70.3%▼ 15.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Moody city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.8% worked from home.

Drive alone70.3% ±5.8 pp
Carpool7.6% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home19.8% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 6,491 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Moody city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% 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.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Moody city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,491 workers age 16+, including 5,206 workers with reported travel time and 1,285 home workers.

Population estimate13,488± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+6,491± 578 MOE
Workers with travel time5,206± 547 MOE
Estimated home workers1,285± 449 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 Moody 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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