ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29172722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Creve Coeur, Missouri

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home24.0%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.0%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.2%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 commute20.0 min → 18.5 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.9% → 24.0%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 66.0%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.0% ±3.6 pp
Carpool7.5% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home24.0% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 9,663 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

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

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,643± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+9,663± 592 MOE
Workers with travel time7,341± 554 MOE
Estimated home workers2,322± 569 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.