ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AK · GEOID 21952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Petersburg Borough, Alaska

Mean one-way trip6.8 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone49.2%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.7%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 commute7.3 min → 6.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 6.5%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.4% → 49.2%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.2% ±5.4 pp
Carpool12.2% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk22.8% ±7.2 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.0 pp
Work from home6.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 1,773 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.

0thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,409± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,773± 148 MOE
Workers with travel time1,657± 143 MOE
Estimated home workers116± 39 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.