ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NV · GEOID 320332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Pine County, Nevada

Mean one-way trip17.6 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.5%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.2 min → 17.6 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 7.7%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 1.0%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 74.5%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.5% ±5.7 pp
Carpool14.1% ±4.2 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.7% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 3,394 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.

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,735± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,394± 293 MOE
Workers with travel time3,131± 288 MOE
Estimated home workers263± 125 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.