ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AK · GEOID 2167502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

College, Alaska

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone65.4%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.1 min → 16.0 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 4.9%▼ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 1.1%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.9% → 65.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.4% ±2.4 pp
Carpool13.8% ±5.0 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.0 pp
Walk12.2% ±6.5 pp
Bicycle2.6% ±2.2 pp
Work from home4.9% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 5,574 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,924± 1,110 MOE
Workers age 16+5,574± 786 MOE
Workers with travel time5,303± 750 MOE
Estimated home workers271± 161 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.