What is the average commute in Sappington CDP, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sappington CDP, Missouri work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 29659542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sappington, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Sappington CDP, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 15.8% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 0.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±4.0 min MOE

Worked from home15.8%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone78.3%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.7%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 Sappington CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.2 min → 20.9 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.9% → 15.8%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.4%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 78.3%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sappington CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 0.4% used public transit and 15.8% worked from home.

Drive alone78.3% ±5.2 pp

Carpool3.8% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±1.3 pp

Work from home15.8% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,432 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sappington CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2^th60+ 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 Sappington CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,432 workers age 16+, including 2,890 workers with reported travel time and 542 home workers.

Population estimate7,367± 729 MOE

Workers age 16+3,432± 410 MOE

Workers with travel time2,890± 385 MOE

Estimated home workers542± 176 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 Sappington 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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