What is the average commute in Harrisonville city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 29306102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harrisonville, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Harrisonville city, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 5.7% worked from home, 82.7% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±5.6 min MOE

Worked from home5.7%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone82.7%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.1%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 Harrisonville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.7 min → 27.8 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 5.7%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 82.7%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Harrisonville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.7% worked from home.

Drive alone82.7% ±3.5 pp

Carpool8.2% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.3% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home5.7% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 4,742 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Harrisonville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Harrisonville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,742 workers age 16+, including 4,471 workers with reported travel time and 271 home workers.

Population estimate9,970± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+4,742± 407 MOE

Workers with travel time4,471± 397 MOE

Estimated home workers271± 115 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 Harrisonville 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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