ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29557662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ozark, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 Ozark city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 23.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 8.0%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 76.3%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ozark city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.3% ±4.8 pp
Carpool12.3% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 10,660 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ozark city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% 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.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ozark city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,660 workers age 16+, including 9,809 workers with reported travel time and 851 home workers.

Population estimate22,417± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+10,660± 672 MOE
Workers with travel time9,809± 686 MOE
Estimated home workers851± 211 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 Ozark 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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