ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1769442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Trussville, Alabama

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

58thMean commute percentile

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

50thWork-from-home percentile

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

3thTransit percentile

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

31th60+ 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 the shares

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.