ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29456682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Manchester, Missouri

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 commute21.9 min → 21.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 22.7%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 72.1%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.1% ±6.5 pp
Carpool4.6% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home22.7% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 9,227 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,160± 52 MOE
Workers age 16+9,227± 548 MOE
Workers with travel time7,137± 718 MOE
Estimated home workers2,090± 563 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.