ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53206452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Edgewood, Washington

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home21.4%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone61.4%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.3%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 commute27.5 min → 28.3 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.9% → 21.4%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.7%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.5% → 61.4%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.4% ±5.6 pp
Carpool14.9% ±6.8 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home21.4% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 6,757 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

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

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,032± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+6,757± 510 MOE
Workers with travel time5,309± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers1,448± 272 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.