Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53610002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Salmon Creek, Washington
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 25.4% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.2 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home25.4%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.7%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Salmon Creek CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Salmon Creek CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 25.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,566 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Salmon Creek CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Salmon Creek CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,566 workers age 16+, including 7,132 workers with reported travel time and 2,434 home workers.
Population estimate20,017± 1,101 MOE
Workers age 16+9,566± 703 MOE
Workers with travel time7,132± 645 MOE
Estimated home workers2,434± 391 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
All Washington reports →Comparable Washington commute records for Salmon Creek CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.