ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53254752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Frederickson, Washington

Mean one-way trip35.7 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.7%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 commute38.6 min → 35.7 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 9.7%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit4.7% → 2.7%▼ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 72.4%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.4% ±2.3 pp
Carpool12.5% ±4.1 pp
Public transit2.7% ±2.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 11,548 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.

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate25,383± 2,116 MOE
Workers age 16+11,548± 1,018 MOE
Workers with travel time10,433± 958 MOE
Estimated home workers1,115± 293 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.