ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ID · GEOID 16296202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garden City, Idaho

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.7%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.6%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 commute21.2 min → 19.5 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.2% → 17.7%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 69.6%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.6% ±5.2 pp
Carpool8.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle3.4% ±2.0 pp
Work from home17.7% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 5,798 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.

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,654± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+5,798± 538 MOE
Workers with travel time4,771± 530 MOE
Estimated home workers1,027± 294 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.