ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · UT · GEOID 490172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garfield County, Utah

Mean one-way trip13.5 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute15.1 min → 13.5 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 10.0%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 67.0%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.0% ±6.3 pp
Carpool10.6% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk9.2% ±5.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home10.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 2,379 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% 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.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,219± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,379± 157 MOE
Workers with travel time2,141± 158 MOE
Estimated home workers238± 81 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.