What is the average commute in Murray city, Utah?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Murray city, Utah work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · UT · GEOID 49532302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Murray, Utah

Name: Commute estimates for Murray city, Utah
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 64.3% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home20.5%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone64.3%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.4%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 Murray city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.1 min → 20.7 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.8% → 20.5%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit3.5% → 2.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 64.3%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Murray city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.3%; 2.5% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.

Drive alone64.3% ±2.5 pp

Carpool10.6% ±2.0 pp

Public transit2.5% ±1.1 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home20.5% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 27,036 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Murray city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

76^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Murray city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 27,036 workers age 16+, including 21,484 workers with reported travel time and 5,552 home workers.

Population estimate50,188± 74 MOE

Workers age 16+27,036± 895 MOE

Workers with travel time21,484± 1,015 MOE

Estimated home workers5,552± 721 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 Murray 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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