What is the average commute in Smiths Station city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, 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 1711902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smiths Station, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Smiths Station city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 0.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone80.6%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.7%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 Smiths Station city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.5 min → 21.6 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.1% → 4.5%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone91.7% → 80.6%▼ 11.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Smiths Station city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.3% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.6% ±4.0 pp

Carpool9.3% ±7.5 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.9% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle1.4% ±1.3 pp

Work from home4.5% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 2,217 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Smiths Station city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% 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.

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Smiths Station city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,217 workers age 16+, including 2,117 workers with reported travel time and 100 home workers.

Population estimate5,496± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+2,217± 307 MOE

Workers with travel time2,117± 306 MOE

Estimated home workers100± 62 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 Smiths Station 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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