Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160652024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Madison County, Idaho
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.4 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 58.4% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.4 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.3%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone58.4%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Madison 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 +4.0 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 Madison County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.4%; 1.0% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 27,732 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Madison County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 3th 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 lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Madison County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 27,732 workers age 16+, including 24,048 workers with reported travel time and 3,684 home workers.
Population estimate54,618± — MOE
Workers age 16+27,732± 1,120 MOE
Workers with travel time24,048± 1,355 MOE
Estimated home workers3,684± 848 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 Madison County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.