ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53558552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Townsend, Washington

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

4thMean commute percentile

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

91thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

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

15th60+ 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 the shares

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.