ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ID · GEOID 16289902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fruitland, Idaho

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute16.9 min → 19.0 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.1% → 8.4%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.6% → 80.6%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.6% ±6.3 pp
Carpool8.9% ±5.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.4% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 2,846 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,663± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+2,846± 282 MOE
Workers with travel time2,606± 287 MOE
Estimated home workers240± 149 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.