ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53076952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bremerton, Washington

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone53.8%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 commute26.5 min → 25.3 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 11.9%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit7.4% → 6.4%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone55.2% → 53.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.8% ±2.2 pp
Carpool12.4% ±2.0 pp
Public transit6.4% ±1.3 pp
Walk12.1% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 23,962 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 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate44,830± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+23,962± 765 MOE
Workers with travel time21,113± 711 MOE
Estimated home workers2,849± 458 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.