What is the average commute in Jennings city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 29371782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jennings, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Jennings city, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 60.5% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.7 min±5.7 min MOE

Worked from home8.8%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone60.5%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Jennings city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 26.7 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 8.8%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit9.6% → 13.6%▲ 3.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.6% → 60.5%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jennings city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.5%; 13.6% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone60.5% ±4.3 pp

Carpool9.0% ±3.2 pp

Public transit13.6% ±4.6 pp

Walk6.3% ±6.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home8.8% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,986 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jennings city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jennings city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,986 workers age 16+, including 4,546 workers with reported travel time and 440 home workers.

Population estimate12,918± 46 MOE

Workers age 16+4,986± 691 MOE

Workers with travel time4,546± 645 MOE

Estimated home workers440± 203 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 Jennings 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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