ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1624962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prichard, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 85.1% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone85.1%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Prichard city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.6 min → 24.5 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 6.1%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.3%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.7% → 85.1%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Prichard city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.1%; 1.3% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.

Drive alone85.1% ±3.1 pp
Carpool5.8% ±2.9 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.1% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 5,846 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Prichard city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48thMean commute percentile

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

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Prichard city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,846 workers age 16+, including 5,492 workers with reported travel time and 354 home workers.

Population estimate18,961± 57 MOE
Workers age 16+5,846± 578 MOE
Workers with travel time5,492± 551 MOE
Estimated home workers354± 158 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 Prichard 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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