What is the average commute in Idaho Falls city, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 16397002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Idaho Falls city, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 6.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.5%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone74.2%±2.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.8%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 Idaho Falls city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.2 min → 18.9 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 9.5%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 2.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 74.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Idaho Falls city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 2.5% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.2% ±2.0 pp

Carpool11.1% ±1.8 pp

Public transit2.5% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.3 pp

Work from home9.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 31,178 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Idaho Falls city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Idaho Falls city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 31,178 workers age 16+, including 28,228 workers with reported travel time and 2,950 home workers.

Population estimate67,725± 50 MOE

Workers age 16+31,178± 968 MOE

Workers with travel time28,228± 960 MOE

Estimated home workers2,950± 438 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 Idaho Falls 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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