What is the average commute in Hayden city, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 16363702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hayden, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Hayden city, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 20.7% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home20.7%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone68.4%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Hayden city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.9 min → 21.5 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.1% → 20.7%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 68.4%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hayden city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 20.7% worked from home.

Drive alone68.4% ±6.3 pp

Carpool9.5% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.0% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home20.7% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 7,426 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hayden city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hayden city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,426 workers age 16+, including 5,887 workers with reported travel time and 1,539 home workers.

Population estimate16,338± 57 MOE

Workers age 16+7,426± 462 MOE

Workers with travel time5,887± 578 MOE

Estimated home workers1,539± 388 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 Hayden 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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