What is the average commute in North Fort Lewis CDP, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 10.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in North Fort Lewis CDP, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 53497652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Fort Lewis, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for North Fort Lewis CDP, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 10.2 min one way; 3.7% worked from home, 58.3% drove alone, and 0.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip10.2 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home3.7%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone58.3%±6.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.4%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 North Fort Lewis CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute9.2 min → 10.2 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.2% → 3.7%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.4% → 58.3%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How North Fort Lewis CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.3%; 0.4% used public transit and 3.7% worked from home.

Drive alone58.3% ±6.8 pp

Carpool14.9% ±5.3 pp

Public transit0.4% ±1.0 pp

Walk20.8% ±7.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home3.7% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 3,776 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How North Fort Lewis CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 0th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

0^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind North Fort Lewis CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,776 workers age 16+, including 3,638 workers with reported travel time and 138 home workers.

Population estimate6,337± 660 MOE

Workers age 16+3,776± 386 MOE

Workers with travel time3,638± 381 MOE

Estimated home workers138± 67 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 North Fort Lewis 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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