ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29677002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shrewsbury, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 16.3% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 1.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±6.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 Shrewsbury city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.9 min → 20.3 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 16.3%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 76.7%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shrewsbury city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.3% worked from home.

Drive alone76.7% ±4.8 pp
Carpool1.9% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk5.1% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home16.3% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 2,998 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shrewsbury city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher 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.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shrewsbury city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,998 workers age 16+, including 2,509 workers with reported travel time and 489 home workers.

Population estimate6,316± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,998± 437 MOE
Workers with travel time2,509± 353 MOE
Estimated home workers489± 220 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 Shrewsbury 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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