ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49114402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cedar Hills, Utah

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home23.7%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone64.5%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute24.2 min → 22.3 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.2% → 23.7%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.0% → 64.5%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.5% ±6.8 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home23.7% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 4,367 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,950± 60 MOE
Workers age 16+4,367± 283 MOE
Workers with travel time3,332± 322 MOE
Estimated home workers1,035± 222 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.