ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29411682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lebanon, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 3.2% worked from home, 76.4% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.4%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Lebanon city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.6 min → 17.4 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 3.2%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 76.4%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lebanon city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 3.2% worked from home.

Drive alone76.4% ±2.5 pp
Carpool16.9% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.7 pp
Work from home3.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 6,863 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lebanon city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lebanon city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,863 workers age 16+, including 6,646 workers with reported travel time and 217 home workers.

Population estimate15,270± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+6,863± 497 MOE
Workers with travel time6,646± 509 MOE
Estimated home workers217± 123 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 Lebanon 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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