ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49712902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spanish Fork, Utah

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute21.1 min → 20.0 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 15.0%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 71.7%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.7% ±2.6 pp
Carpool11.1% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home15.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 21,093 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate44,946± 59 MOE
Workers age 16+21,093± 698 MOE
Workers with travel time17,931± 698 MOE
Estimated home workers3,162± 398 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.