ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · UT · GEOID 490252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kane County, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.5 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 62.6% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.5 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±6.8 pp MOE
Drove alone62.6%±10.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Kane County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 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 → 15.5 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 19.5%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 62.6%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kane County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.

Drive alone62.6% ±10.3 pp
Carpool13.7% ±6.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.9 pp
Work from home19.5% ±6.8 pp

Each share uses 3,445 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kane County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% 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.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kane County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,445 workers age 16+, including 2,773 workers with reported travel time and 672 home workers.

Population estimate8,170± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,445± 243 MOE
Workers with travel time2,773± 342 MOE
Estimated home workers672± 240 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 Kane 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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