What is the average commute in Cheney city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 53118252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cheney, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Cheney city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±4.0 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone71.8%±7.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.0%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 Cheney city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 21.4 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 8.3%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit5.1% → 2.2%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.1% → 71.8%▲ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cheney city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 2.2% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±7.9 pp

Carpool7.8% ±4.3 pp

Public transit2.2% ±1.3 pp

Walk9.4% ±3.0 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.3% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 6,294 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cheney city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cheney city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,294 workers age 16+, including 5,772 workers with reported travel time and 522 home workers.

Population estimate12,804± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+6,294± 530 MOE

Workers with travel time5,772± 565 MOE

Estimated home workers522± 236 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 Cheney 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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