What is the average commute in Nez Perce County, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 160692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nez Perce County, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Nez Perce County, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.7 min one way; 9.3% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home9.3%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone80.1%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Nez Perce County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.3 min → 16.7 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 9.3%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 80.1%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Nez Perce County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.3% used public transit and 9.3% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±2.1 pp

Carpool7.0% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.1% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.3% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 19,421 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Nez Perce 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.

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

63^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

60^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Nez Perce County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,421 workers age 16+, including 17,623 workers with reported travel time and 1,798 home workers.

Population estimate42,697± — MOE

Workers age 16+19,421± 682 MOE

Workers with travel time17,623± 659 MOE

Estimated home workers1,798± 366 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 Nez Perce 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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