Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WA · GEOID 530252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Grant County, Washington
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.2 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Grant County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 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 Grant County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 1.6% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 43,639 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Grant County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Grant County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 43,639 workers age 16+, including 39,419 workers with reported travel time and 4,220 home workers.
Population estimate101,799± — MOE
Workers age 16+43,639± 1,132 MOE
Workers with travel time39,419± 1,112 MOE
Estimated home workers4,220± 617 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 Washington reports →Comparable Washington commute records for Grant County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.