ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53474902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mountlake Terrace, Washington

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home21.9%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone62.6%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 commute31.4 min → 27.9 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 21.9%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit9.8% → 3.3%▼ 6.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.6% → 62.6%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.6% ±4.1 pp
Carpool9.0% ±2.3 pp
Public transit3.3% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp
Work from home21.9% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 12,936 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.

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

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

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,104± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+12,936± 502 MOE
Workers with travel time10,109± 623 MOE
Estimated home workers2,827± 420 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.