ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53152902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Covington, Washington

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.2%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.3%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 commute35.7 min → 33.4 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 19.2%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.8%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 69.2%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.2% ±2.7 pp
Carpool9.3% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.2% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 10,923 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,233± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+10,923± 617 MOE
Workers with travel time8,831± 552 MOE
Estimated home workers2,092± 385 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.