What is the average commute in Washakie County, Wyoming?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Washakie County, Wyoming work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 · WY · GEOID 560432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Washakie County, Wyoming

Name: Commute estimates for Washakie County, Wyoming
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Washakie County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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 Washakie County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.

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

How Washakie County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

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

60^thWork-from-home percentile

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

43^thTransit percentile

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

28^th60+ 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 Washakie County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,754 workers age 16+, including 3,445 workers with reported travel time and 309 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Wyoming commute records for Washakie 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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