Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160512024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Jefferson County, Idaho
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.1 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 Jefferson County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Jefferson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 2.2% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,955 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Jefferson County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Jefferson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,955 workers age 16+, including 13,816 workers with reported travel time and 1,139 home workers.
Population estimate33,154± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,955± 466 MOE
Workers with travel time13,816± 463 MOE
Estimated home workers1,139± 247 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
All Idaho reports →Comparable Idaho commute records for Jefferson County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.