What is the average commute in Bainbridge Island city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bainbridge Island city, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 40.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 53037362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Bainbridge Island city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.3 min one way; 40.3% worked from home, 37.2% drove alone, and 27.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.3 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home40.3%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone37.2%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip27.7%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 Bainbridge Island city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute39.2 min → 37.3 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home29.1% → 40.3%▲ 11.2 pp

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

Public transit20.1% → 13.4%▼ 6.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone38.5% → 37.2%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bainbridge Island city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 37.2%; 13.4% used public transit and 40.3% worked from home.

Drive alone37.2% ±4.4 pp

Carpool3.5% ±1.4 pp

Public transit13.4% ±2.3 pp

Walk3.1% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle1.6% ±0.7 pp

Work from home40.3% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 11,114 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bainbridge Island city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bainbridge Island city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,114 workers age 16+, including 6,638 workers with reported travel time and 4,476 home workers.

Population estimate24,631± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+11,114± 456 MOE

Workers with travel time6,638± 474 MOE

Estimated home workers4,476± 389 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 Bainbridge Island 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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