What is the average commute in Mead CDP, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 53444802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mead, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Mead CDP, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 13.9% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±5.8 min MOE

Worked from home13.9%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.2%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 Mead CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 25.2 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 13.9%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.4%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.6% → 77.5%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mead CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 1.4% used public transit and 13.9% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±5.0 pp

Carpool5.7% ±2.5 pp

Public transit1.4% ±1.5 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home13.9% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 2,847 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mead CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mead CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,847 workers age 16+, including 2,451 workers with reported travel time and 396 home workers.

Population estimate6,893± 864 MOE

Workers age 16+2,847± 399 MOE

Workers with travel time2,451± 360 MOE

Estimated home workers396± 148 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 Mead 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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