What is the average commute in Clayton city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 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 29145722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clayton, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Clayton 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 16.6 min one way; 23.4% worked from home, 57.4% drove alone, and 0.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Clayton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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 Clayton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.4%; 1.5% used public transit and 23.4% worked from home.

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

How Clayton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

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

86^thWork-from-home percentile

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

74^thTransit percentile

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

2^th60+ 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 Clayton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,561 workers age 16+, including 5,791 workers with reported travel time and 1,770 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Missouri commute records for Clayton 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 →