What is the average commute in Port Townsend city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 26.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.8 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 53558552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Townsend, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Port Townsend city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.6 min one way; 26.3% worked from home, 54.2% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.6 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home26.3%±5.8 pp MOE

Drove alone54.2%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.8%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 Port Townsend city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 14.6 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.8% → 26.3%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 0.0%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.5% → 54.2%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Port Townsend city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 26.3% worked from home.

Drive alone54.2% ±6.1 pp

Carpool5.7% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk11.6% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±0.9 pp

Work from home26.3% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 3,598 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Port Townsend city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Port Townsend city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,598 workers age 16+, including 2,652 workers with reported travel time and 946 home workers.

Population estimate10,438± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+3,598± 272 MOE

Workers with travel time2,652± 245 MOE

Estimated home workers946± 220 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 Port Townsend 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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