ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49472902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Magna metro township, Utah

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.7%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute24.6 min → 23.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 10.4%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.8%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 72.7%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.7% ±4.2 pp
Carpool14.7% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.4% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 14,541 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate30,031± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+14,541± 826 MOE
Workers with travel time13,032± 836 MOE
Estimated home workers1,509± 288 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.