ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gooding County, Idaho

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 commute22.2 min → 21.7 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 8.3%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 76.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.1% ±3.8 pp
Carpool10.7% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.4% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.3% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 7,151 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,931± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,151± 357 MOE
Workers with travel time6,560± 382 MOE
Estimated home workers591± 168 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.