ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29664402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sedalia, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.7 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.7 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Sedalia city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.0 min → 15.7 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 5.0%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 75.4%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sedalia city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.

Drive alone75.4% ±3.2 pp
Carpool15.3% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.0% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 10,294 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sedalia city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sedalia city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,294 workers age 16+, including 9,780 workers with reported travel time and 514 home workers.

Population estimate22,003± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+10,294± 516 MOE
Workers with travel time9,780± 487 MOE
Estimated home workers514± 171 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 Sedalia 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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