ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49624702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Provo, Utah

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home16.1%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone56.5%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute18.7 min → 18.4 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 16.1%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 5.1%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.2% → 56.5%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.5% ±2.1 pp
Carpool9.9% ±0.9 pp
Public transit5.1% ±0.7 pp
Walk10.2% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.1% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 63,994 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate114,766± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+63,994± 1,301 MOE
Workers with travel time53,673± 1,433 MOE
Estimated home workers10,321± 805 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.