What is the average commute in Birch Bay CDP, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Birch Bay CDP, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 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 53061902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Birch Bay, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Birch Bay CDP, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 77.7% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±5.2 min MOE

Worked from home15.3%±4.9 pp MOE

Drove alone77.7%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.4%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 Birch Bay CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 26.4 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 15.3%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.0% → 77.7%▼ 11.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Birch Bay CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.7% ±6.0 pp

Carpool6.2% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home15.3% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 4,560 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Birch Bay CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Birch Bay CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,560 workers age 16+, including 3,863 workers with reported travel time and 697 home workers.

Population estimate10,837± 1,030 MOE

Workers age 16+4,560± 538 MOE

Workers with travel time3,863± 502 MOE

Estimated home workers697± 239 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 Birch Bay 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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