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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.