What is the average commute in Sun Valley CDP, Nevada?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sun Valley CDP, Nevada work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 32716002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sun Valley, Nevada

Name: Commute estimates for Sun Valley CDP, Nevada
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±3.5 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 Sun Valley CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 25.9 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 4.5%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.4% → 72.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sun Valley CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 1.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±3.5 pp

Carpool18.0% ±3.8 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.0 pp

Walk0.8% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home4.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 9,651 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sun Valley CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% 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 Sun Valley CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,651 workers age 16+, including 9,214 workers with reported travel time and 437 home workers.

Population estimate22,228± 1,585 MOE

Workers age 16+9,651± 768 MOE

Workers with travel time9,214± 773 MOE

Estimated home workers437± 160 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 Sun Valley CDP

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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