ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1746882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tallassee, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 3.7% worked from home, 84.5% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±8.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.7%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone84.5%±8.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 Tallassee city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 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 → 24.1 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 3.7%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 84.5%▲ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tallassee city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.7% worked from home.

Drive alone84.5% ±8.5 pp
Carpool5.2% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home3.7% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 2,110 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tallassee city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tallassee city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,110 workers age 16+, including 2,031 workers with reported travel time and 79 home workers.

Population estimate5,134± 420 MOE
Workers age 16+2,110± 367 MOE
Workers with travel time2,031± 367 MOE
Estimated home workers79± 97 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 Tallassee 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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