What is the average commute in Trussville city, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 1769442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Trussville, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Trussville city, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone80.1%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Trussville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 26.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 13.5%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 80.1%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Trussville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±4.3 pp

Carpool4.6% ±2.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.9 pp

Work from home13.5% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 12,978 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Trussville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Trussville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,978 workers age 16+, including 11,225 workers with reported travel time and 1,753 home workers.

Population estimate26,673± 474 MOE

Workers age 16+12,978± 734 MOE

Workers with travel time11,225± 768 MOE

Estimated home workers1,753± 379 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 Trussville 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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