ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53138552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

College Place, Washington

Mean one-way trip13.2 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone65.4%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute11.4 min → 13.2 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 11.0%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.9%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 65.4%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.4% ±6.4 pp
Carpool7.1% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.8 pp
Walk14.3% ±4.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.0% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,457 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,854± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+4,457± 359 MOE
Workers with travel time3,966± 371 MOE
Estimated home workers491± 177 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.