ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29781542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Webster Groves, Missouri

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home25.9%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.7%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute19.7 min → 19.0 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.7% → 25.9%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 66.7%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.7% ±3.2 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home25.9% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 11,944 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,712± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+11,944± 470 MOE
Workers with travel time8,849± 465 MOE
Estimated home workers3,095± 573 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.