ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49708502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Jordan, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 23.4% worked from home, 64.0% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home23.4%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone64.0%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 South Jordan city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.7 min → 24.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.6% → 23.4%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 1.6%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 64.0%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How South Jordan city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.0%; 1.6% used public transit and 23.4% worked from home.

Drive alone64.0% ±2.0 pp
Carpool8.7% ±1.6 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home23.4% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 41,944 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How South Jordan city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind South Jordan city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 41,944 workers age 16+, including 32,114 workers with reported travel time and 9,830 home workers.

Population estimate82,686± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+41,944± 1,104 MOE
Workers with travel time32,114± 1,109 MOE
Estimated home workers9,830± 825 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Utah commute records for South Jordan city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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