Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29066522024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Blue Springs, Missouri
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.7 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.2%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Blue Springs city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Blue Springs city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 30,147 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Blue Springs city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Blue Springs city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 30,147 workers age 16+, including 25,699 workers with reported travel time and 4,448 home workers.
Population estimate59,965± 52 MOE
Workers age 16+30,147± 1,041 MOE
Workers with travel time25,699± 1,082 MOE
Estimated home workers4,448± 572 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
All Missouri reports →Comparable Missouri commute records for Blue Springs city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.