ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29692662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spanish Lake, Missouri

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±3.5 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 commute27.1 min → 24.6 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 9.8%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 0.2%▼ 2.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.3% → 75.2%▲ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±3.5 pp
Carpool11.3% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.8% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 8,398 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% 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 estimate17,873± 1,543 MOE
Workers age 16+8,398± 1,021 MOE
Workers with travel time7,575± 1,036 MOE
Estimated home workers823± 271 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.