ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49828402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Bountiful, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 23.8% worked from home, 62.1% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±8.9 min MOE
Worked from home23.8%±9.0 pp MOE
Drove alone62.1%±10.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 West Bountiful city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.9 min → 24.7 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.4% → 23.8%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 62.1%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How West Bountiful city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.8% worked from home.

Drive alone62.1% ±10.1 pp
Carpool12.5% ±11.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.6% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home23.8% ±9.0 pp

Each share uses 2,583 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How West Bountiful city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind West Bountiful city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,583 workers age 16+, including 1,968 workers with reported travel time and 615 home workers.

Population estimate5,915± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+2,583± 299 MOE
Workers with travel time1,968± 374 MOE
Estimated home workers615± 242 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Utah commute records for West Bountiful city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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