ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29639562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Ann, Missouri

Mean one-way trip21.1 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 commute21.5 min → 21.1 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 12.4%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 2.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 68.7%▼ 11.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.7% ±5.6 pp
Carpool13.2% ±4.4 pp
Public transit2.4% ±1.9 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home12.4% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 6,700 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,811± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+6,700± 597 MOE
Workers with travel time5,870± 631 MOE
Estimated home workers830± 230 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.