What is the average commute in Franklin County, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Franklin County, Idaho work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin County, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin County, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.9 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 74.5% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.0%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone74.5%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.8%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 Franklin County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute25.9 min → 24.9 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 12.0%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.8%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 74.5%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone74.5% ±4.2 pp

Carpool8.3% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp

Walk3.6% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home12.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 6,946 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

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

87^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,946 workers age 16+, including 6,112 workers with reported travel time and 834 home workers.

Population estimate15,056± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,946± 327 MOE

Workers with travel time6,112± 340 MOE

Estimated home workers834± 230 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Idaho commute records for Franklin County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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