ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1749762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tarrant, Alabama

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.8%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.4%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Tarrant city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 26.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 4.8%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit6.7% → 8.5%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.9% → 68.4%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tarrant city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 8.5% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.

Drive alone68.4% ±7.0 pp
Carpool13.1% ±4.4 pp
Public transit8.5% ±10.5 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.4 pp
Work from home4.8% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 2,608 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tarrant city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tarrant city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,608 workers age 16+, including 2,484 workers with reported travel time and 124 home workers.

Population estimate5,925± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+2,608± 415 MOE
Workers with travel time2,484± 396 MOE
Estimated home workers124± 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Alabama commute records for Tarrant 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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