ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53029102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Artondale, Washington

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 21.4% worked from home, 73.1% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home21.4%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 Artondale CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.9 min → 29.4 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 21.4%▲ 9.7 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 73.1%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Artondale CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 21.4% worked from home.

Drive alone73.1% ±5.9 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home21.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 6,498 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Artondale CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% 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.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Artondale CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,498 workers age 16+, including 5,105 workers with reported travel time and 1,393 home workers.

Population estimate14,073± 1,293 MOE
Workers age 16+6,498± 662 MOE
Workers with travel time5,105± 644 MOE
Estimated home workers1,393± 295 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 Artondale CDP

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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