ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ID · GEOID 16674202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rexburg, Idaho

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.2 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 54.2% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.2 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone54.2%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 Rexburg city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.9 min → 15.2 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 13.7%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.6% → 54.2%▼ 9.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rexburg city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone54.2% ±5.3 pp
Carpool12.9% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk17.5% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±0.6 pp
Work from home13.7% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 21,771 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rexburg city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rexburg city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 21,771 workers age 16+, including 18,795 workers with reported travel time and 2,976 home workers.

Population estimate40,543± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+21,771± 1,166 MOE
Workers with travel time18,795± 1,397 MOE
Estimated home workers2,976± 876 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 Rexburg 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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