ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Benewah County, Idaho

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.8%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 commute22.4 min → 23.8 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 8.0%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.3%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 77.4%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.4% ±3.2 pp
Carpool10.1% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 4,239 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.

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,142± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,239± 251 MOE
Workers with travel time3,901± 220 MOE
Estimated home workers338± 112 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.