ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53444802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mead, Washington

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 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 → 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

52thMean commute percentile

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

60thWork-from-home percentile

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

74thTransit percentile

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

19th60+ 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 the shares

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.