What is the average commute in Fife city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 53237952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fife, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Fife city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 11.2% worked from home, 75.9% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home11.2%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone75.9%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.7%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 Fife city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.3 min → 26.9 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 11.2%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 0.9%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 75.9%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fife city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.9%; 0.9% used public transit and 11.2% worked from home.

Drive alone75.9% ±3.9 pp

Carpool9.8% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.5% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.2% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,887 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fife city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47^thWork-from-home percentile

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

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fife city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,887 workers age 16+, including 5,228 workers with reported travel time and 659 home workers.

Population estimate10,949± 35 MOE

Workers age 16+5,887± 329 MOE

Workers with travel time5,228± 326 MOE

Estimated home workers659± 136 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 Fife 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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