What is the average commute in Wahkiakum County, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.1 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 530692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wahkiakum County, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Wahkiakum County, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.9 min one way; 16.2% worked from home, 62.1% drove alone, and 14.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.9 min±12.7 min MOE

Worked from home16.2%±7.1 pp MOE

Drove alone62.1%±7.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.7%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 Wahkiakum County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -9.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute42.9 min → 33.9 min▼ 9.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 16.2%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 1.1%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 62.1%▼ 12.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wahkiakum County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.1%; 1.1% used public transit and 16.2% worked from home.

Drive alone62.1% ±7.8 pp

Carpool11.3% ±8.3 pp

Public transit1.1% ±1.5 pp

Walk6.0% ±5.7 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp

Work from home16.2% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 1,552 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wahkiakum County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

95^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wahkiakum County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,552 workers age 16+, including 1,301 workers with reported travel time and 251 home workers.

Population estimate4,658± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,552± 210 MOE

Workers with travel time1,301± 189 MOE

Estimated home workers251± 115 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 Wahkiakum 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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