ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53637352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shelton, Washington

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 25.1 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 9.2%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 0.6%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 73.2%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.2% ±5.5 pp
Carpool14.2% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.7% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.2% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,049 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,612± 72 MOE
Workers age 16+4,049± 355 MOE
Workers with travel time3,675± 323 MOE
Estimated home workers374± 153 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.