ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53019902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Anacortes, Washington

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.1%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 commute23.6 min → 23.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 16.0%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.1%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 69.1%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.1% ±2.0 pp
Carpool8.0% ±1.5 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle1.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home16.0% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 7,608 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,966± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+7,608± 245 MOE
Workers with travel time6,390± 239 MOE
Estimated home workers1,218± 124 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.