What is the average commute in Lake Tapps CDP, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lake Tapps CDP, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 53379202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Tapps, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Lake Tapps CDP, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.5 min one way; 18.7% worked from home, 68.3% drove alone, and 20.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.5 min±7.1 min MOE

Worked from home18.7%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone68.3%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.5%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 Lake Tapps CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.5 min → 36.5 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 18.7%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 1.0%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 68.3%▼ 11.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lake Tapps CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.3%; 1.0% used public transit and 18.7% worked from home.

Drive alone68.3% ±6.3 pp

Carpool11.1% ±4.0 pp

Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home18.7% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 6,294 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lake Tapps CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lake Tapps CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,294 workers age 16+, including 5,116 workers with reported travel time and 1,178 home workers.

Population estimate12,798± 1,160 MOE

Workers age 16+6,294± 639 MOE

Workers with travel time5,116± 636 MOE

Estimated home workers1,178± 294 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 Lake Tapps CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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