ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53402452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Longview, Washington

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 commute23.8 min → 25.1 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 7.0%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.0%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 80.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.1% ±1.9 pp
Carpool10.2% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.0% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 15,471 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

51thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate38,069± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+15,471± 603 MOE
Workers with travel time14,390± 537 MOE
Estimated home workers1,081± 272 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.