What is the average commute in Othello city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 53522152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Othello, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Othello city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.9 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home8.2%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone70.2%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Othello city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.4 min → 16.9 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 8.2%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 70.2%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Othello city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.2% ±5.5 pp

Carpool16.1% ±6.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp

Walk3.2% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.8 pp

Work from home8.2% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,174 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Othello city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Othello city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,174 workers age 16+, including 2,913 workers with reported travel time and 261 home workers.

Population estimate8,795± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+3,174± 294 MOE

Workers with travel time2,913± 289 MOE

Estimated home workers261± 120 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 Othello 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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