What is the average commute in Lewis County, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 160612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lewis County, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Lewis County, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 12.6% worked from home, 73.6% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home12.6%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone73.6%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.1%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 Lewis County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 21.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 12.6%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 73.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lewis County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.6% worked from home.

Drive alone73.6% ±3.7 pp

Carpool8.8% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp

Walk3.7% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp

Work from home12.6% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 1,348 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lewis County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

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

60^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lewis County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,348 workers age 16+, including 1,178 workers with reported travel time and 170 home workers.

Population estimate3,682± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,348± 65 MOE

Workers with travel time1,178± 65 MOE

Estimated home workers170± 39 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 Lewis 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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