ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
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PLACE · UT · GEOID 49274902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fruit Heights, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 22.4% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home22.4%±9.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 Fruit Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.6 min → 25.4 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.0% → 22.4%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 1.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 73.7%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fruit Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 1.2% used public transit and 22.4% worked from home.

Drive alone73.7% ±8.8 pp
Carpool2.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home22.4% ±9.1 pp

Each share uses 2,905 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fruit Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fruit Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,905 workers age 16+, including 2,253 workers with reported travel time and 652 home workers.

Population estimate6,023± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+2,905± 277 MOE
Workers with travel time2,253± 316 MOE
Estimated home workers652± 272 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 Fruit Heights 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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