ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29779922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waynesville, Missouri

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.2%±13.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.2%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 commute20.2 min → 19.1 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.2% → 7.0%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 79.2%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.2% ±13.7 pp
Carpool12.2% ±9.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.6% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home7.0% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 2,558 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,442± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,558± 295 MOE
Workers with travel time2,379± 313 MOE
Estimated home workers179± 134 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.