ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49479502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mapleton, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.9 min one way; 20.7% worked from home, 67.3% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home20.7%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.3%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Mapleton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 21.9 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 20.7%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 67.3%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mapleton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 20.7% worked from home.

Drive alone67.3% ±3.4 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home20.7% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 5,597 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mapleton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mapleton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,597 workers age 16+, including 4,441 workers with reported travel time and 1,156 home workers.

Population estimate13,114± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,597± 395 MOE
Workers with travel time4,441± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers1,156± 262 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 Mapleton 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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