What is the average commute in Chillicothe city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 29136902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chillicothe, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Chillicothe city, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.8 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 87.0% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.8 min±4.0 min MOE

Worked from home5.1%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone87.0%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.0%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 Chillicothe city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.8 min → 17.8 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 5.1%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.3% → 87.0%▲ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chillicothe city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.0%; 0.4% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.

Drive alone87.0% ±4.2 pp

Carpool5.5% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.8 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home5.1% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 3,544 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chillicothe 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.

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chillicothe city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,544 workers age 16+, including 3,365 workers with reported travel time and 179 home workers.

Population estimate8,923± 412 MOE

Workers age 16+3,544± 293 MOE

Workers with travel time3,365± 281 MOE

Estimated home workers179± 93 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 Chillicothe 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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