ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53237952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fife, Washington

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% 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.

66thTransit percentile

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

57th60+ 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 the shares

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.