ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29149862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clinton, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.6 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.6 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Clinton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 13.6 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 5.5%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.3% → 77.9%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clinton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone77.9% ±7.3 pp
Carpool12.8% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 3,799 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clinton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clinton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,799 workers age 16+, including 3,590 workers with reported travel time and 209 home workers.

Population estimate9,065± 242 MOE
Workers age 16+3,799± 346 MOE
Workers with travel time3,590± 342 MOE
Estimated home workers209± 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 Clinton 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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