ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53533352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parkland, Washington

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.5%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 commute32.5 min → 30.5 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.2%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 2.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 76.5%▲ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.5% ±2.8 pp
Carpool9.0% ±2.5 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk4.2% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home7.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 18,770 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate38,742± 2,152 MOE
Workers age 16+18,770± 1,347 MOE
Workers with travel time17,424± 1,312 MOE
Estimated home workers1,346± 347 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.