ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53674552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stanwood, Washington

Mean one-way trip37.3 min±9.8 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.3%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 commute32.8 min → 37.3 min▲ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 16.6%▲ 14.0 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 70.2%▼ 14.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±3.5 pp
Carpool11.8% ±5.6 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home16.6% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 3,366 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.

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,373± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+3,366± 526 MOE
Workers with travel time2,807± 441 MOE
Estimated home workers559± 217 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.