Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WA · GEOID 530732024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Whatcom County, Washington
Mean one-way trip21.6 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.8%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.2%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 the published estimate?
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 residents usually get to work
Each share uses 113,527 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
Compared with similar-size countys
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind the shares
Population estimate230,503± — MOE
Workers age 16+113,527± 1,862 MOE
Workers with travel time96,772± 2,080 MOE
Estimated home workers16,755± 1,229 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
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