ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · UT · GEOID 490192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grand County, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.7 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 68.5% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Grand County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.4 min → 14.7 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 9.0%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 68.5%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grand County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone68.5% ±6.0 pp
Carpool13.0% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle6.3% ±3.1 pp
Work from home9.0% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,296 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grand County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% 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.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grand County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,296 workers age 16+, including 4,819 workers with reported travel time and 477 home workers.

Population estimate9,754± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,296± 316 MOE
Workers with travel time4,819± 328 MOE
Estimated home workers477± 157 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 Grand County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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