ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29396562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ladue, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.1 min one way; 23.3% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 0.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.1 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home23.3%±6.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.0%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 Ladue city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.9 min → 14.1 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.4% → 23.3%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 71.3%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ladue city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±4.6 pp
Carpool4.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home23.3% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 3,997 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ladue city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

0th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ladue city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,997 workers age 16+, including 3,065 workers with reported travel time and 932 home workers.

Population estimate8,940± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+3,997± 290 MOE
Workers with travel time3,065± 298 MOE
Estimated home workers932± 264 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 Ladue 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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