ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29640822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Charles, Missouri

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home18.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 commute21.3 min → 21.6 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 18.0%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 73.8%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±2.0 pp
Carpool5.4% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home18.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 37,272 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate71,508± 99 MOE
Workers age 16+37,272± 1,005 MOE
Workers with travel time30,549± 1,005 MOE
Estimated home workers6,723± 689 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.