ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49552102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Salt Lake, Utah

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.2%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 commute21.3 min → 20.3 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 17.2%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 71.4%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.4% ±3.1 pp
Carpool8.1% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home17.2% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 12,340 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,474± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+12,340± 653 MOE
Workers with travel time10,219± 667 MOE
Estimated home workers2,121± 365 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.