ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53622882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

SeaTac, Washington

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone58.5%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.4 min → 25.4 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 11.5%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit9.9% → 6.5%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.3% → 58.5%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.5% ±5.5 pp
Carpool16.6% ±3.9 pp
Public transit6.5% ±2.3 pp
Walk5.2% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.5% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 15,885 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 higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate32,414± 74 MOE
Workers age 16+15,885± 821 MOE
Workers with travel time14,054± 768 MOE
Estimated home workers1,831± 450 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.