What is the average commute in Selma city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 1691202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Selma, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Selma city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home6.8%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Selma city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 24.7 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 6.8%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 78.7%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Selma city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 1.2% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±4.9 pp

Carpool11.0% ±3.8 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.6 pp

Walk2.0% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.8% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 6,358 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Selma city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

49^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Selma city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,358 workers age 16+, including 5,923 workers with reported travel time and 435 home workers.

Population estimate17,057± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+6,358± 516 MOE

Workers with travel time5,923± 492 MOE

Estimated home workers435± 173 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 Selma 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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