ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29237522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Farmington, Missouri

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.1%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 commute19.7 min → 19.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 11.1%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 78.0%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±3.9 pp
Carpool7.5% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.1% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 6,839 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.

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,282± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+6,839± 477 MOE
Workers with travel time6,078± 500 MOE
Estimated home workers761± 232 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.