ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53372872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Goodwin, Washington

Mean one-way trip38.3 min±12.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.0%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.8%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 commute35.0 min → 38.3 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 14.0%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 75.8%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.8% ±4.5 pp
Carpool9.4% ±5.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home14.0% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 2,631 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,536± 722 MOE
Workers age 16+2,631± 518 MOE
Workers with travel time2,263± 472 MOE
Estimated home workers368± 155 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.