ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53235502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Felida, Washington

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home28.3%±11.9 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±15.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 commute23.4 min → 23.2 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home30.4% → 28.3%▼ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.6% → 67.0%▲ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.0% ±15.8 pp
Carpool1.0% ±0.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.4 pp
Work from home28.3% ±11.9 pp

Each share uses 5,811 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,841± 1,573 MOE
Workers age 16+5,811± 990 MOE
Workers with travel time4,165± 674 MOE
Estimated home workers1,646± 746 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.