Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160852024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Valley County, Idaho
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 16.9% worked from home, 65.8% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.7 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home16.9%±6.4 pp MOE
Drove alone65.8%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Valley County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +7.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.0 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 Valley County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,863 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Valley County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Valley County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,863 workers age 16+, including 4,042 workers with reported travel time and 821 home workers.
Population estimate12,389± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,863± 512 MOE
Workers with travel time4,042± 524 MOE
Estimated home workers821± 322 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 Valley County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.