What is the average commute in Carthage city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Carthage city, Missouri work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MO · GEOID 29116562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carthage, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Carthage city, Missouri
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.5 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.5 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone78.8%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.9%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 Carthage city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.9 min → 15.5 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 6.5%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 78.8%▲ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Carthage city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±4.6 pp

Carpool11.3% ±4.0 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.8 pp

Work from home6.5% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,373 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Carthage city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Carthage city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,373 workers age 16+, including 5,957 workers with reported travel time and 416 home workers.

Population estimate15,574± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+6,373± 602 MOE

Workers with travel time5,957± 590 MOE

Estimated home workers416± 189 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 Carthage city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

All Missouri reports →