ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53041952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Barberton, Washington

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home23.0%±7.7 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute25.8 min → 24.6 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.1% → 23.0%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 0.4%▼ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.0% → 65.3%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.3% ±3.3 pp
Carpool8.7% ±6.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home23.0% ±7.7 pp

Each share uses 4,228 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,668± 822 MOE
Workers age 16+4,228± 545 MOE
Workers with travel time3,256± 423 MOE
Estimated home workers972± 350 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.