Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29116922024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Caruthersville, Missouri
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.8 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 74.0% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.8 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Caruthersville city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.8 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 Caruthersville city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,947 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Caruthersville city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Caruthersville city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,947 workers age 16+, including 1,850 workers with reported travel time and 97 home workers.
Population estimate5,326± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+1,947± 257 MOE
Workers with travel time1,850± 241 MOE
Estimated home workers97± 83 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 Caruthersville city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.