ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Latah County, Idaho

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 67.4% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.4%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Latah County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.2 min → 18.7 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 9.9%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.1% → 67.4%▲ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Latah County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

Drive alone67.4% ±2.1 pp
Carpool9.4% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk11.0% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.9% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 19,382 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Latah County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

24thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Latah County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,382 workers age 16+, including 17,463 workers with reported travel time and 1,919 home workers.

Population estimate41,049± — MOE
Workers age 16+19,382± 606 MOE
Workers with travel time17,463± 621 MOE
Estimated home workers1,919± 385 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 Latah 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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