ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29781182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Webb City, Missouri

Mean one-way trip17.3 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute16.1 min → 17.3 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 6.5%— 0.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 80.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.2% ±5.2 pp
Carpool12.6% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,721 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,221± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+5,721± 578 MOE
Workers with travel time5,348± 590 MOE
Estimated home workers373± 130 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.