ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AK · GEOID 21852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Slope Borough, Alaska

Mean one-way trip13.0 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone24.8%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 commute7.2 min → 13.0 min▲ 5.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 5.6%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone21.2% → 24.8%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone24.8% ±4.5 pp
Carpool21.5% ±5.4 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.0 pp
Walk33.4% ±6.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.6% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 5,704 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,810± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,704± 251 MOE
Workers with travel time5,386± 305 MOE
Estimated home workers318± 151 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.