ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1745922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Talladega, Alabama

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.5%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 24.6 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 3.5%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 79.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.4% ±5.3 pp
Carpool11.6% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home3.5% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 4,797 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,760± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+4,797± 446 MOE
Workers with travel time4,630± 437 MOE
Estimated home workers167± 126 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.