ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29644782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. John, Missouri

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±9.5 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 commute22.7 min → 22.8 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 11.7%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.0% → 77.8%▲ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.8% ±9.5 pp
Carpool5.4% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.7% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 3,103 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.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% 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 estimate6,527± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+3,103± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time2,740± 410 MOE
Estimated home workers363± 194 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.