ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49677702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Santaquin, Utah

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.7%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute27.2 min → 26.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 14.6%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 72.7%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.7% ±3.1 pp
Carpool10.0% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 7,760 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.

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher 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.

51thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,436± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+7,760± 348 MOE
Workers with travel time6,629± 380 MOE
Estimated home workers1,131± 229 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.