What is the average commute in Airway Heights city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Airway Heights city, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · WA · GEOID 53009052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Airway Heights, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Airway Heights city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.4 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Airway Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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 Airway Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 1.6% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

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

How Airway Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

35^thMean commute percentile

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

36^thWork-from-home percentile

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

75^thTransit percentile

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

33^th60+ 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 Airway Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,190 workers age 16+, including 3,814 workers with reported travel time and 376 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Washington commute records for Airway Heights 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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