ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49113202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cedar City, Utah

Mean one-way trip13.4 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 commute13.6 min → 13.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 10.7%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 72.4%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.4% ±3.7 pp
Carpool12.2% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.7% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 18,327 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.

0thMean commute percentile

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

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate38,524± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+18,327± 746 MOE
Workers with travel time16,360± 876 MOE
Estimated home workers1,967± 391 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.