ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53542132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Picnic Point, Washington

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home20.0%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone61.9%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 commute29.6 min → 29.6 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 20.0%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit6.4% → 3.0%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 61.9%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.9% ±3.0 pp
Carpool11.5% ±5.0 pp
Public transit3.0% ±3.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home20.0% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 4,999 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,261± 930 MOE
Workers age 16+4,999± 586 MOE
Workers with travel time4,001± 578 MOE
Estimated home workers998± 245 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.