What is the average commute in Independence city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 29350002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Independence, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Independence city, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 12.3% worked from home, 77.7% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home12.3%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone77.7%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Independence city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.2 min → 23.9 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 12.3%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 77.7%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Independence city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.7%; 0.5% used public transit and 12.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.7% ±1.4 pp

Carpool7.9% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home12.3% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 55,971 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Independence city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

19^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Independence city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 55,971 workers age 16+, including 49,064 workers with reported travel time and 6,907 home workers.

Population estimate121,740± 60 MOE

Workers age 16+55,971± 1,614 MOE

Workers with travel time49,064± 1,570 MOE

Estimated home workers6,907± 880 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 Independence city

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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