What is the average commute in Robertsdale city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.8 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 1652082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Robertsdale, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Robertsdale city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.5 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 12.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±6.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.5%±5.8 pp MOE

Drove alone81.8%±8.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.5%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 Robertsdale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.6 min → 29.5 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 8.5%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 81.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Robertsdale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone81.8% ±8.3 pp

Carpool7.3% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.8% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle1.7% ±2.8 pp

Work from home8.5% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 3,420 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Robertsdale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Robertsdale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,420 workers age 16+, including 3,131 workers with reported travel time and 289 home workers.

Population estimate7,194± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+3,420± 401 MOE

Workers with travel time3,131± 418 MOE

Estimated home workers289± 202 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 Robertsdale 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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