ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53009052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Airway Heights, Washington

Mean one-way trip22.4 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 commute21.5 min → 22.4 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 9.0%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 1.6%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 76.8%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.8% ±6.7 pp
Carpool10.2% ±4.9 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.7 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.0% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 4,190 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.

35thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,245± 85 MOE
Workers age 16+4,190± 441 MOE
Workers with travel time3,814± 419 MOE
Estimated home workers376± 171 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.