ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53393352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Liberty Lake, Washington

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home27.8%±6.3 pp MOE
Drove alone58.3%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute22.9 min → 22.9 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.7% → 27.8%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.8% → 58.3%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.3% ±6.1 pp
Carpool10.6% ±5.8 pp
Public transit1.6% ±2.0 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home27.8% ±6.3 pp

Each share uses 5,648 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.

38thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,737± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+5,648± 464 MOE
Workers with travel time4,076± 450 MOE
Estimated home workers1,572± 379 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.