What is the average commute in Northport city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 1552002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northport, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Northport city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 83.0% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone83.0%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.9%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 Northport 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 +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 21.7 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 6.5%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.3% → 83.0%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Northport city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone83.0% ±2.2 pp

Carpool10.2% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home6.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 15,162 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Northport city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Northport city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,162 workers age 16+, including 14,183 workers with reported travel time and 979 home workers.

Population estimate31,218± 87 MOE

Workers age 16+15,162± 834 MOE

Workers with travel time14,183± 808 MOE

Estimated home workers979± 277 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 Northport 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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