ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53378302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Shore, Washington

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±10.8 min MOE
Worked from home21.6%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±9.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.4 min → 28.3 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.7% → 21.6%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.8%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 74.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.3% ±9.7 pp
Carpool2.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home21.6% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 3,405 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.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,978± 1,018 MOE
Workers age 16+3,405± 601 MOE
Workers with travel time2,668± 556 MOE
Estimated home workers737± 247 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.