ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ID · GEOID 160872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Washington County, Idaho

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.1 min → 18.6 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 8.3%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.9% → 71.2%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.2% ±4.5 pp
Carpool11.9% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.7% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle3.0% ±2.1 pp
Work from home8.3% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 3,972 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

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

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,142± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,972± 299 MOE
Workers with travel time3,644± 298 MOE
Estimated home workers328± 94 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.