ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29660442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Savannah, Missouri

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.2%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 17.4 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 6.6%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.6% → 83.2%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.2% ±6.4 pp
Carpool8.2% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.0% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home6.6% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 2,545 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% 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.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,053± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+2,545± 245 MOE
Workers with travel time2,376± 245 MOE
Estimated home workers169± 104 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.