What is the average commute in Chubbuck city, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Chubbuck city, Idaho work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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.

PLACE · ID · GEOID 16146802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chubbuck, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Chubbuck city, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.1 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.1 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone74.7%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.0%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 Chubbuck city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.0 min → 17.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 10.7%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.9%▲ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 74.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chubbuck city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 1.9% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone74.7% ±4.1 pp

Carpool11.0% ±4.0 pp

Public transit1.9% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home10.7% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 7,588 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chubbuck city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chubbuck city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,588 workers age 16+, including 6,773 workers with reported travel time and 815 home workers.

Population estimate16,126± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+7,588± 497 MOE

Workers with travel time6,773± 469 MOE

Estimated home workers815± 394 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 Idaho commute records for Chubbuck city

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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