What is the average commute in Fircrest city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.2 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 53239702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fircrest, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Fircrest city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.3 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 70.3% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home20.5%±7.2 pp MOE

Drove alone70.3%±8.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.9%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 Fircrest city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 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 commute23.2 min → 23.3 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.7% → 20.5%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 2.9%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 70.3%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fircrest city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.3%; 2.9% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.

Drive alone70.3% ±8.2 pp

Carpool4.0% ±2.9 pp

Public transit2.9% ±2.9 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home20.5% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 3,852 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fircrest city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fircrest city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,852 workers age 16+, including 3,063 workers with reported travel time and 789 home workers.

Population estimate7,069± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+3,852± 374 MOE

Workers with travel time3,063± 378 MOE

Estimated home workers789± 286 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 Fircrest 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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