ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49559802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ogden, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.5 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 73.1% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 Ogden city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 22.5 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 12.0%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 73.1%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ogden city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.1%; 2.1% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone73.1% ±1.7 pp
Carpool9.8% ±1.3 pp
Public transit2.1% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.6% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.0% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 45,333 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ogden city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ogden city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 45,333 workers age 16+, including 39,886 workers with reported travel time and 5,447 home workers.

Population estimate87,413± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+45,333± 1,018 MOE
Workers with travel time39,886± 1,033 MOE
Estimated home workers5,447± 565 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 Ogden 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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