What is the average commute in Kirksville city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 12.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 29390262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kirksville, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Kirksville city, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.7 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.7 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone76.7%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Kirksville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.7 min → 12.7 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 6.7%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 76.7%▲ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kirksville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone76.7% ±4.3 pp

Carpool11.4% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk3.9% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp

Work from home6.7% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 7,040 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kirksville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kirksville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,040 workers age 16+, including 6,566 workers with reported travel time and 474 home workers.

Population estimate17,563± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+7,040± 572 MOE

Workers with travel time6,566± 584 MOE

Estimated home workers474± 140 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 Kirksville 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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