ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53553652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Angeles, Washington

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 16.7 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 10.1%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 72.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool10.3% ±2.4 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk3.3% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle1.4% ±1.0 pp
Work from home10.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 8,846 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,118± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+8,846± 478 MOE
Workers with travel time7,950± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers896± 198 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.