What is the average commute in Black Diamond city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Black Diamond city, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.2 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 53063302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Black Diamond, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Black Diamond city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.5 min one way; 24.9% worked from home, 63.9% drove alone, and 17.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.5 min±8.1 min MOE

Worked from home24.9%±7.2 pp MOE

Drove alone63.9%±8.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.6%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 Black Diamond city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.8 min → 37.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.5% → 24.9%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 63.9%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Black Diamond city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 24.9% worked from home.

Drive alone63.9% ±8.0 pp

Carpool8.9% ±6.8 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home24.9% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 3,268 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Black Diamond 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.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Black Diamond city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,268 workers age 16+, including 2,453 workers with reported travel time and 815 home workers.

Population estimate5,961± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+3,268± 294 MOE

Workers with travel time2,453± 339 MOE

Estimated home workers815± 246 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 Black Diamond 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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