ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29073182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boonville, Missouri

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 commute25.1 min → 25.1 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 3.2%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 79.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.4% ±3.7 pp
Carpool12.7% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home3.2% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 3,090 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,689± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+3,090± 211 MOE
Workers with travel time2,990± 203 MOE
Estimated home workers100± 50 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.