What is the average commute in Clallam County, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Clallam County, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · WA · GEOID 530092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clallam County, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Clallam County, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 70.3% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone70.3%±2.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.9%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 Clallam County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 19.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 13.5%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 70.3%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clallam County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.3%; 1.0% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone70.3% ±2.0 pp

Carpool10.0% ±1.5 pp

Public transit1.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.2% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.4 pp

Work from home13.5% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 29,561 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clallam County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

21^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clallam County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 29,561 workers age 16+, including 25,561 workers with reported travel time and 4,000 home workers.

Population estimate77,813± — MOE

Workers age 16+29,561± 806 MOE

Workers with travel time25,561± 776 MOE

Estimated home workers4,000± 443 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 Washington commute records for Clallam 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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