What is the average commute in Emmett city, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 16255702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Emmett, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Emmett city, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 76.5% drove alone, and 9.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home8.1%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone76.5%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.9%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 Emmett city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 28.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 8.1%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.7%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 76.5%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Emmett city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

Drive alone76.5% ±5.3 pp

Carpool9.9% ±4.5 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±1.3 pp

Work from home8.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,787 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Emmett city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Emmett city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,787 workers age 16+, including 3,481 workers with reported travel time and 306 home workers.

Population estimate8,275± 22 MOE

Workers age 16+3,787± 305 MOE

Workers with travel time3,481± 299 MOE

Estimated home workers306± 144 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 Emmett 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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