ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49235302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ephraim, Utah

Mean one-way trip15.9 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone65.8%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute15.7 min → 15.9 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 7.3%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 65.8%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.8% ±6.8 pp
Carpool13.8% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk11.3% ±5.0 pp
Bicycle1.7% ±2.5 pp
Work from home7.3% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 2,646 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,949± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,646± 243 MOE
Workers with travel time2,452± 248 MOE
Estimated home workers194± 94 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.