Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53474902024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 21.9% worked from home, 62.6% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Mountlake Terrace city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Mountlake Terrace city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.6%; 3.3% used public transit and 21.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,936 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mountlake Terrace city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mountlake Terrace city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,936 workers age 16+, including 10,109 workers with reported travel time and 2,827 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Washington reports →Comparable Washington commute records for Mountlake Terrace city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.