ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49709602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Ogden, Utah

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 commute24.1 min → 23.5 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 15.6%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 2.0%▲ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 70.8%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.8% ±5.5 pp
Carpool9.9% ±2.9 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home15.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 9,075 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,650± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+9,075± 590 MOE
Workers with travel time7,659± 690 MOE
Estimated home workers1,416± 351 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.