What is the average commute in Opp city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 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 1571202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Opp, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Opp city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 1.4% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 12.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±6.0 min MOE

Worked from home1.4%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone79.8%±6.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.8%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 Opp city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 27.4 min▲ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.4% → 1.4%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.1% → 79.8%▼ 10.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Opp city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 1.4% worked from home.

Drive alone79.8% ±6.2 pp

Carpool12.0% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.9% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home1.4% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 2,581 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Opp 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.

64^thMean commute percentile

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

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Opp city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,581 workers age 16+, including 2,546 workers with reported travel time and 35 home workers.

Population estimate6,709± 37 MOE

Workers age 16+2,581± 278 MOE

Workers with travel time2,546± 273 MOE

Estimated home workers35± 22 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 Opp 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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