ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53584102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ridgefield, Washington

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home21.7%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.0%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 commute25.6 min → 24.8 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 21.7%▲ 10.6 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.8%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 68.0%▼ 13.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.0% ±4.9 pp
Carpool8.4% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home21.7% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 5,866 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,408± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+5,866± 410 MOE
Workers with travel time4,591± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers1,275± 316 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.