ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49248502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Farr West, Utah

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home17.9%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone68.0%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 20.5 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 17.9%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 68.0%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.0% ±5.4 pp
Carpool12.4% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home17.9% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 4,225 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,952± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+4,225± 240 MOE
Workers with travel time3,467± 282 MOE
Estimated home workers758± 215 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.