ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ID · GEOID 16343902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hailey, Idaho

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone67.2%±9.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 commute17.1 min → 18.9 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 10.3%▼ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 2.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.8% → 67.2%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.2% ±9.0 pp
Carpool12.7% ±7.0 pp
Public transit2.6% ±3.1 pp
Walk3.4% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle2.4% ±2.4 pp
Work from home10.3% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,682 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.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,665± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+5,682± 462 MOE
Workers with travel time5,096± 513 MOE
Estimated home workers586± 185 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.