What is the average commute in Olivette city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Olivette city, Missouri work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 8.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MO · GEOID 29546502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Olivette, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Olivette city, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 28.1% worked from home, 63.8% drove alone, and 0.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home28.1%±8.8 pp MOE

Drove alone63.8%±6.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.5%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 Olivette city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.4 min → 18.9 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.1% → 28.1%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.4%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.9% → 63.8%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Olivette city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 28.1% worked from home.

Drive alone63.8% ±6.6 pp

Carpool4.5% ±2.0 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home28.1% ±8.8 pp

Each share uses 4,274 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Olivette city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Olivette city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,274 workers age 16+, including 3,073 workers with reported travel time and 1,201 home workers.

Population estimate8,645± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+4,274± 297 MOE

Workers with travel time3,073± 340 MOE

Estimated home workers1,201± 386 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 Olivette 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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