ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29543522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Old Jamestown, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 23.4% worked from home, 64.5% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home23.4%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone64.5%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Old Jamestown CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 29.1 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 23.4%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 1.7%▲ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 64.5%▼ 14.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Old Jamestown CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.5%; 1.7% used public transit and 23.4% worked from home.

Drive alone64.5% ±2.0 pp
Carpool8.5% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home23.4% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 9,831 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Old Jamestown CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% 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.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Old Jamestown CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,831 workers age 16+, including 7,535 workers with reported travel time and 2,296 home workers.

Population estimate20,651± 1,626 MOE
Workers age 16+9,831± 939 MOE
Workers with travel time7,535± 643 MOE
Estimated home workers2,296± 599 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 Old Jamestown CDP

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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