ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53085522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.6 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 59.4% drove alone, and 13.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home19.7%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone59.4%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 Bryn Mawr-Skyway CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.9 min → 32.6 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 19.7%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit12.3% → 10.0%▼ 2.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.1% → 59.4%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bryn Mawr-Skyway CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.4%; 10.0% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone59.4% ±3.1 pp
Carpool9.4% ±2.6 pp
Public transit10.0% ±2.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home19.7% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 8,347 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bryn Mawr-Skyway CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bryn Mawr-Skyway CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,347 workers age 16+, including 6,702 workers with reported travel time and 1,645 home workers.

Population estimate17,638± 1,454 MOE
Workers age 16+8,347± 850 MOE
Workers with travel time6,702± 736 MOE
Estimated home workers1,645± 402 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 Bryn Mawr-Skyway 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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