ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49748102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Syracuse, Utah

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 commute28.8 min → 28.5 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 16.0%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.3%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 73.1%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±3.9 pp
Carpool9.0% ±2.2 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.0% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 18,013 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate35,488± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+18,013± 935 MOE
Workers with travel time15,133± 1,006 MOE
Estimated home workers2,880± 450 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.