What is the average commute in Skamania County, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 530592024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Skamania County, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Skamania County, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.9 min one way; 17.4% worked from home, 70.6% drove alone, and 15.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.9 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home17.4%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone70.6%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.9%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 Skamania County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.8 min → 32.9 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 17.4%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 70.6%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Skamania County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 17.4% worked from home.

Drive alone70.6% ±4.3 pp

Carpool6.2% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.9% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home17.4% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 5,589 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Skamania County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Skamania County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,589 workers age 16+, including 4,617 workers with reported travel time and 972 home workers.

Population estimate12,402± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,589± 231 MOE

Workers with travel time4,617± 271 MOE

Estimated home workers972± 143 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 Skamania 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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