ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49710702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Salt Lake, Utah

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone64.1%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 commute21.0 min → 20.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 16.5%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 3.2%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 64.1%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.1% ±4.4 pp
Carpool13.4% ±3.1 pp
Public transit3.2% ±1.6 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.5% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 15,814 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate26,352± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+15,814± 707 MOE
Workers with travel time13,210± 747 MOE
Estimated home workers2,604± 408 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.