ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53535452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pasco, Washington

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute21.5 min → 22.5 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.7%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 77.1%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.1% ±2.6 pp
Carpool12.5% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.7% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 35,588 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate79,575± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+35,588± 1,308 MOE
Workers with travel time32,832± 1,415 MOE
Estimated home workers2,756± 434 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.