ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NV · GEOID 320032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clark County, Nevada

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±0.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±0.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±0.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute25.0 min → 25.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.2%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.2%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 70.8%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.8% ±0.4 pp
Carpool10.7% ±0.3 pp
Public transit2.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.0 pp
Work from home12.2% ±0.3 pp

Each share uses 1,079,990 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate2,329,548± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,079,990± 5,172 MOE
Workers with travel time947,872± 5,231 MOE
Estimated home workers132,118± 3,350 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 nearby records

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