What is the average commute in Smithville city, Missouri?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Smithville city, Missouri work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 29684202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smithville, Missouri

Name: Commute estimates for Smithville city, Missouri
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone81.0%±5.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.6%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 Smithville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 28.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 13.5%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 81.0%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Smithville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone81.0% ±5.7 pp

Carpool2.9% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home13.5% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 5,288 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Smithville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Smithville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,288 workers age 16+, including 4,574 workers with reported travel time and 714 home workers.

Population estimate10,705± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+5,288± 425 MOE

Workers with travel time4,574± 448 MOE

Estimated home workers714± 219 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 Smithville 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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