ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NV · GEOID 32400002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Las Vegas, Nevada

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home12.1%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 25.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.1%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 2.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 70.9%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.9% ±0.6 pp
Carpool10.1% ±0.6 pp
Public transit2.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.1% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 301,748 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

63thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate660,400± 126 MOE
Workers age 16+301,748± 3,328 MOE
Workers with travel time265,180± 3,579 MOE
Estimated home workers36,568± 1,515 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 nearby records

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