ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29145722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clayton, Missouri

Mean one-way trip16.6 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home23.4%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone57.4%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.6 min → 16.6 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.3% → 23.4%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 1.5%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.1% → 57.4%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.4% ±4.0 pp
Carpool5.6% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk10.1% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±0.9 pp
Work from home23.4% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 7,561 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% 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 estimate17,380± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+7,561± 448 MOE
Workers with travel time5,791± 431 MOE
Estimated home workers1,770± 369 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.