ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29082362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brentwood, Missouri

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home18.2%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.8%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 commute19.1 min → 19.1 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 18.2%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 2.1%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 71.8%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±4.5 pp
Carpool6.0% ±2.9 pp
Public transit2.1% ±1.8 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.3 pp
Work from home18.2% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 4,757 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,144± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,757± 392 MOE
Workers with travel time3,891± 328 MOE
Estimated home workers866± 254 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.