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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 18.0% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 St. Charles city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 percentage points.

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 St. Charles city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 18.0% worked from home.

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

How St. Charles city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 St. Charles city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 37,272 workers age 16+, including 30,549 workers with reported travel time and 6,723 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Missouri commute records for St. Charles 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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