ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29079662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Branson, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 67.2% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone67.2%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 Branson city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.5 min → 17.5 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 8.2%▼ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 67.2%▼ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Branson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.

Drive alone67.2% ±4.8 pp
Carpool17.9% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.4% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.2% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 5,713 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Branson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Branson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,713 workers age 16+, including 5,247 workers with reported travel time and 466 home workers.

Population estimate12,817± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+5,713± 410 MOE
Workers with travel time5,247± 401 MOE
Estimated home workers466± 234 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 Missouri commute records for Branson 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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