ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49651102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Roy, Utah

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.8%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.2%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute24.0 min → 25.0 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 15.8%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.7%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.7% → 69.2%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.2% ±3.8 pp
Carpool11.4% ±2.2 pp
Public transit1.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home15.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 20,586 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate38,993± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+20,586± 742 MOE
Workers with travel time17,330± 924 MOE
Estimated home workers3,256± 639 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.