ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53461252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Minnehaha, Washington

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home18.2%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.6%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 commute21.3 min → 20.2 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.4% → 18.2%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 1.4%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 76.1%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.1% ±7.7 pp
Carpool3.9% ±2.4 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.8 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home18.2% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 5,974 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.

22thMean commute percentile

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

74thWork-from-home percentile

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

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,482± 1,485 MOE
Workers age 16+5,974± 982 MOE
Workers with travel time4,887± 933 MOE
Estimated home workers1,087± 261 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.