ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49551002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Ogden, Utah

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home18.8%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 commute25.8 min → 24.7 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.4% → 18.8%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.4%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 70.9%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.9% ±4.5 pp
Carpool7.6% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home18.8% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 10,761 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,947± 75 MOE
Workers age 16+10,761± 527 MOE
Workers with travel time8,741± 619 MOE
Estimated home workers2,020± 507 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.