ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29736182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Town and Country, Missouri

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 16.4% worked from home, 75.8% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.4%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 Town and Country city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute19.2 min → 20.3 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.4% → 16.4%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 75.8%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Town and Country city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 16.4% worked from home.

Drive alone75.8% ±5.6 pp
Carpool5.6% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.4% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,974 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Town and Country city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Town and Country city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,974 workers age 16+, including 4,156 workers with reported travel time and 818 home workers.

Population estimate11,607± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+4,974± 380 MOE
Workers with travel time4,156± 410 MOE
Estimated home workers818± 162 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 Town and Country 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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