ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29239862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ferguson, Missouri

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.8%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute25.6 min → 24.0 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 16.8%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit4.8% → 6.6%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 69.0%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.0% ±5.2 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit6.6% ±3.0 pp
Walk0.7% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.8% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 8,047 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,213± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+8,047± 731 MOE
Workers with travel time6,698± 715 MOE
Estimated home workers1,349± 385 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.