ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53379172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Stickney, Washington

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home23.9%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone59.5%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.9%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 commute30.6 min → 33.4 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 23.9%▲ 10.4 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 4.7%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.1% → 59.5%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.5% ±5.4 pp
Carpool8.5% ±3.7 pp
Public transit4.7% ±2.3 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home23.9% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 8,343 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,890± 1,221 MOE
Workers age 16+8,343± 629 MOE
Workers with travel time6,351± 651 MOE
Estimated home workers1,992± 458 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.