ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29540382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Odessa, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 87.0% drove alone, and 0.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone87.0%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.8%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 Odessa city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.3 min → 24.5 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 7.2%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 87.0%▲ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Odessa city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone87.0% ±7.2 pp
Carpool5.7% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.2% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 2,913 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Odessa city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% 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.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Odessa city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,913 workers age 16+, including 2,702 workers with reported travel time and 211 home workers.

Population estimate5,620± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,913± 202 MOE
Workers with travel time2,702± 239 MOE
Estimated home workers211± 146 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 Odessa 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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