ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49609302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasant Grove, Utah

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home18.4%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 commute21.6 min → 21.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 18.4%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 0.3%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 68.5%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±2.7 pp
Carpool10.4% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home18.4% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 17,887 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25thTransit percentile

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

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate37,852± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+17,887± 781 MOE
Workers with travel time14,601± 830 MOE
Estimated home workers3,286± 447 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.