ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · UT · GEOID 490472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Uintah County, Utah

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone72.8%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 commute19.8 min → 20.6 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 8.0%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 72.8%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.8% ±1.5 pp
Carpool12.1% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.4% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle1.9% ±1.2 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 15,210 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate37,056± — MOE
Workers age 16+15,210± 658 MOE
Workers with travel time13,999± 655 MOE
Estimated home workers1,211± 259 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.