Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WA · GEOID 530672024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Thurston County, Washington
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 66.9% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.8 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home20.5%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone66.9%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 Thurston County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.1 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 Thurston County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.9%; 1.0% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 139,361 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Thurston County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 65th 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 higher than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Thurston County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 139,361 workers age 16+, including 110,794 workers with reported travel time and 28,567 home workers.
Population estimate299,067± — MOE
Workers age 16+139,361± 2,324 MOE
Workers with travel time110,794± 2,272 MOE
Estimated home workers28,567± 1,419 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 Thurston County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.