What is the average commute in Milton city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Milton city, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 53460202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Milton, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Milton city, Washington
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.3 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 15.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±6.0 min MOE

Worked from home9.2%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone73.9%±7.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.7%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 Milton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.3 min → 30.3 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 9.2%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 3.4%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 73.9%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Milton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 3.4% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.

Drive alone73.9% ±7.5 pp

Carpool8.8% ±3.3 pp

Public transit3.4% ±2.6 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home9.2% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 4,521 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Milton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Milton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,521 workers age 16+, including 4,107 workers with reported travel time and 414 home workers.

Population estimate8,894± 632 MOE

Workers age 16+4,521± 539 MOE

Workers with travel time4,107± 519 MOE

Estimated home workers414± 136 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 Milton city

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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