Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · UT · GEOID 490372024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Juan County, Utah
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.3 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 13.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.3 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.5%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 San Juan County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How San Juan County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,245 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Juan County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Juan County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,245 workers age 16+, including 4,718 workers with reported travel time and 527 home workers.
Population estimate14,483± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,245± 291 MOE
Workers with travel time4,718± 276 MOE
Estimated home workers527± 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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Utah reports →Comparable Utah commute records for San Juan County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.