Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1632882024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rainbow City, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.7 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Rainbow City city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.2 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Rainbow City city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 1.4% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,948 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rainbow City city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rainbow City city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,948 workers age 16+, including 3,631 workers with reported travel time and 317 home workers.
Population estimate10,284± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+3,948± 514 MOE
Workers with travel time3,631± 510 MOE
Estimated home workers317± 159 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
All Alabama reports →Comparable Alabama commute records for Rainbow City city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.