ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29641802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±13.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±8.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.5%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.1%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 commute32.7 min → 30.3 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 7.5%▼ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.0%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 81.5%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.5% ±5.9 pp
Carpool5.8% ±5.3 pp
Public transit1.0% ±2.0 pp
Walk4.1% ±5.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home7.5% ±8.5 pp

Each share uses 1,837 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,010± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+1,837± 274 MOE
Workers with travel time1,699± 259 MOE
Estimated home workers138± 157 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.