ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49829502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Jordan, Utah

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home19.3%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone67.7%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.0 min → 24.1 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 19.3%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 67.7%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.7% ±1.3 pp
Carpool9.9% ±1.2 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.3% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 63,262 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate116,692± 124 MOE
Workers age 16+63,262± 1,582 MOE
Workers with travel time51,030± 1,480 MOE
Estimated home workers12,232± 1,090 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.