ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49587302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Payson, Utah

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.5%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 commute21.1 min → 23.1 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 14.5%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.9%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 74.2%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±4.0 pp
Carpool8.4% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 10,739 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,039± 66 MOE
Workers age 16+10,739± 653 MOE
Workers with travel time9,184± 707 MOE
Estimated home workers1,555± 348 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.