ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49580702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Park City, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.9 min one way; 24.7% worked from home, 60.5% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.9 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home24.7%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone60.5%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Park City city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.6 min → 14.9 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.3% → 24.7%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit5.3% → 3.6%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.5% → 60.5%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Park City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.5%; 3.6% used public transit and 24.7% worked from home.

Drive alone60.5% ±5.3 pp
Carpool4.6% ±2.7 pp
Public transit3.6% ±2.4 pp
Walk3.1% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home24.7% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 4,707 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Park City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Park City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,707 workers age 16+, including 3,544 workers with reported travel time and 1,163 home workers.

Population estimate8,362± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+4,707± 343 MOE
Workers with travel time3,544± 332 MOE
Estimated home workers1,163± 241 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 Park City 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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