What is the average commute in Ephraim city, Utah?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ephraim city, Utah work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 · UT · GEOID 49235302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ephraim, Utah

Name: Commute estimates for Ephraim city, Utah
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.9 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 65.8% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Ephraim city'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 +2.6 percentage points.

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 Ephraim city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.

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

How Ephraim city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

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

27^thWork-from-home percentile

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

40^thTransit percentile

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

53^th60+ 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 Ephraim city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,646 workers age 16+, including 2,452 workers with reported travel time and 194 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Utah commute records for Ephraim city

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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