ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53372702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Forest Park, Washington

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home32.4%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone52.4%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute32.6 min → 28.2 min▼ 4.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.4% → 32.4%▲ 15.0 pp

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

Public transit10.2% → 3.9%▼ 6.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.3% → 52.4%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone52.4% ±3.9 pp
Carpool7.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit3.9% ±1.4 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp
Work from home32.4% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 6,776 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,335± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+6,776± 297 MOE
Workers with travel time4,579± 290 MOE
Estimated home workers2,197± 297 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.