ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · UT · GEOID 490052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cache County, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 67.8% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home14.0%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone67.8%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Cache County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.0 min → 17.7 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 14.0%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 2.2%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 67.8%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cache County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.8%; 2.2% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.

Drive alone67.8% ±1.3 pp
Carpool9.3% ±0.9 pp
Public transit2.2% ±0.7 pp
Walk4.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.0% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 70,171 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cache County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cache County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 70,171 workers age 16+, including 60,340 workers with reported travel time and 9,831 home workers.

Population estimate140,046± — MOE
Workers age 16+70,171± 821 MOE
Workers with travel time60,340± 967 MOE
Estimated home workers9,831± 627 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 Utah commute records for Cache County

These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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