ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ID · GEOID 16088302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boise City, Idaho

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home17.6%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone67.6%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute19.0 min → 18.9 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 17.6%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 67.6%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.6% ±1.2 pp
Carpool7.5% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle2.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.6% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 127,151 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.

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

23thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate237,242± 76 MOE
Workers age 16+127,151± 1,743 MOE
Workers with travel time104,776± 1,978 MOE
Estimated home workers22,375± 1,374 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.