What is the average commute in Middleton city, Idaho?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 16526602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middleton, Idaho

Name: Commute estimates for Middleton city, Idaho
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home10.5%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.9%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.0%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 Middleton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.0 min → 27.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 10.5%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 77.9%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Middleton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.

Drive alone77.9% ±4.7 pp

Carpool8.2% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp

Work from home10.5% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 4,850 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Middleton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Middleton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,850 workers age 16+, including 4,340 workers with reported travel time and 510 home workers.

Population estimate10,649± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+4,850± 445 MOE

Workers with travel time4,340± 444 MOE

Estimated home workers510± 214 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 Middleton 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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