What is the average commute in Kent city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 53354152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kent, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Kent city, Washington
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 67.9% drove alone, and 12.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home13.7%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone67.9%±1.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.4%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 Kent city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.0 min → 30.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 13.7%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit6.5% → 4.3%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.6% → 67.9%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kent city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.9%; 4.3% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone67.9% ±1.3 pp

Carpool11.2% ±1.3 pp

Public transit4.3% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home13.7% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 65,722 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kent city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

52^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kent city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 65,722 workers age 16+, including 56,703 workers with reported travel time and 9,019 home workers.

Population estimate135,603± 113 MOE

Workers age 16+65,722± 1,434 MOE

Workers with travel time56,703± 1,397 MOE

Estimated home workers9,019± 819 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 Kent city

These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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