ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AK · GEOID 21502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Mean one-way trip10.1 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home4.8%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.3%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 commute11.1 min → 10.1 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 4.8%▼ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.8% → 66.3%▲ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.3% ±6.0 pp
Carpool13.1% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk9.4% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.8% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 6,673 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

51thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,771± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,673± 367 MOE
Workers with travel time6,355± 363 MOE
Estimated home workers318± 118 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.