Mean Commute Time in Shelby County, AL

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
32.3 min +17.1% vs nat'l
Rank #549 of 3,222
83th percentile

How Shelby County Compares

Shelby County
32.3 min
Alabama Average
32.3 min
Rank #18 of 67 in state
National
27.6 min
17.1% above

National Distribution

Where Shelby County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Shelby County: 32.3 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#546 Crowley County, CO 32.3 min
#547 Bartow County, GA 32.3 min
#548 Adams County, CO 32.3 min
#549 Shelby County, AL 32.3 min
#550 Arroyo Municipio, PR 32.3 min
#551 Anderson County, KY 32.3 min
#552 Panola County, MS 32.3 min
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Mean Commute Time in Shelby County, Alabama

Shelby County, Alabama has a mean commute time of 32.3 min, which ranks #549 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 17.1% above the national value of 27.6 min.

Within Alabama, Shelby County ranks #18 of 67 out of 67 counties. This places it in the 83th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.