ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49653302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. George, Utah

Mean one-way trip17.2 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 commute16.2 min → 17.2 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 14.2%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 70.8%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.8% ±2.3 pp
Carpool10.9% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 44,379 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

31thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate101,995± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+44,379± 1,370 MOE
Workers with travel time38,065± 1,354 MOE
Estimated home workers6,314± 826 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.