ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ID · GEOID 16146802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chubbuck, Idaho

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

9thMean commute percentile

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

45thWork-from-home percentile

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

78thTransit percentile

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

45th60+ 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 the shares

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.