What is the average commute in Midland CDP, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 53454952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Midland, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Midland CDP, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.6 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 13.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±5.4 min MOE

Worked from home7.8%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.4%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 Midland CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.4 min → 32.6 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 7.8%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 1.1%▼ 4.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 75.3%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Midland CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 1.1% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±5.5 pp

Carpool12.7% ±4.2 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.5% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home7.8% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,463 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Midland CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Midland CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,463 workers age 16+, including 4,117 workers with reported travel time and 346 home workers.

Population estimate9,050± 987 MOE

Workers age 16+4,463± 407 MOE

Workers with travel time4,117± 411 MOE

Estimated home workers346± 150 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 Midland 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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