ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29739422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Troy, Missouri

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home12.5%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±9.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.0%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 commute34.5 min → 29.0 min▼ 5.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 12.5%▲ 9.0 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.1%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 74.0%▼ 12.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.0% ±9.2 pp
Carpool10.4% ±5.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.5% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 6,753 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,947± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+6,753± 580 MOE
Workers with travel time5,910± 590 MOE
Estimated home workers843± 319 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.