ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49404702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kearns metro township, Utah

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 commute24.5 min → 25.7 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 10.6%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 71.4%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.4% ±3.5 pp
Carpool14.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 19,197 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate37,696± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+19,197± 1,045 MOE
Workers with travel time17,154± 996 MOE
Estimated home workers2,043± 497 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.