What is the average commute in Fernley city, Nevada?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fernley city, Nevada work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 · NV · GEOID 32249002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fernley, Nevada

Name: Commute estimates for Fernley city, Nevada
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone78.4%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.4%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 Fernley city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 27.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 6.5%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 78.4%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fernley city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 1.5% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.4% ±4.0 pp

Carpool10.2% ±2.4 pp

Public transit1.5% ±0.9 pp

Walk2.2% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp

Work from home6.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 11,565 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fernley city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fernley city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,565 workers age 16+, including 10,809 workers with reported travel time and 756 home workers.

Population estimate24,225± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+11,565± 575 MOE

Workers with travel time10,809± 609 MOE

Estimated home workers756± 229 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 Nevada commute records for Fernley 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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