What is the average commute in Orem city, Utah?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 49573002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orem, Utah

Name: Commute estimates for Orem city, Utah
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.1 min one way; 16.5% worked from home, 66.6% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.1 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home16.5%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone66.6%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Orem city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.7 min → 20.1 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 16.5%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 2.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 66.6%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Orem city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.6%; 2.3% used public transit and 16.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.6% ±1.7 pp

Carpool10.9% ±1.4 pp

Public transit2.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk2.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.3 pp

Work from home16.5% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 50,551 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Orem city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

18^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

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

36^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Orem city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 50,551 workers age 16+, including 42,211 workers with reported travel time and 8,340 home workers.

Population estimate97,182± 74 MOE

Workers age 16+50,551± 1,174 MOE

Workers with travel time42,211± 1,143 MOE

Estimated home workers8,340± 618 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 Orem 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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