What is the average commute in Quincy city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 53571152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Quincy, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Quincy city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 1.0% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.9 min±7.7 min MOE

Worked from home1.0%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone79.1%±7.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Quincy city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.5 min → 17.9 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.4% → 1.0%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.0%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 79.1%▲ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Quincy city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 1.0% used public transit and 1.0% worked from home.

Drive alone79.1% ±7.2 pp

Carpool15.3% ±9.2 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home1.0% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 3,728 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Quincy city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Quincy city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,728 workers age 16+, including 3,689 workers with reported travel time and 39 home workers.

Population estimate7,998± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+3,728± 421 MOE

Workers with travel time3,689± 429 MOE

Estimated home workers39± 50 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 Quincy 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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