ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ID · GEOID 16234102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Eagle, Idaho

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 28.6% worked from home, 61.0% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home28.6%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone61.0%±3.7 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 Eagle city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.9 min → 23.7 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.5% → 28.6%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.7%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.8% → 61.0%▼ 10.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Eagle city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.0%; 0.7% used public transit and 28.6% worked from home.

Drive alone61.0% ±3.7 pp
Carpool5.0% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home28.6% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 14,287 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Eagle city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

38thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Eagle city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,287 workers age 16+, including 10,204 workers with reported travel time and 4,083 home workers.

Population estimate32,855± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+14,287± 646 MOE
Workers with travel time10,204± 704 MOE
Estimated home workers4,083± 479 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 Eagle 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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