ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WY · GEOID 560432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Washakie County, Wyoming

Mean one-way trip13.3 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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.

Mean commute11.6 min → 13.3 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 8.2%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 75.3%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±4.9 pp
Carpool9.8% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.7% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±0.9 pp
Work from home8.2% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 3,754 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,703± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,754± 181 MOE
Workers with travel time3,445± 199 MOE
Estimated home workers309± 168 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.