What is the average commute in Sultan city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sultan city, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · WA · GEOID 53682602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sultan, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Sultan city, Washington
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.7 min one way; 20.0% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 29.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.7 min±7.7 min MOE

Worked from home20.0%±7.9 pp MOE

Drove alone66.7%±9.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip29.0%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 Sultan city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.9 min → 37.7 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 20.0%▲ 12.0 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 66.7%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sultan city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 1.2% used public transit and 20.0% worked from home.

Drive alone66.7% ±9.7 pp

Carpool9.4% ±6.1 pp

Public transit1.2% ±2.1 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle2.1% ±3.2 pp

Work from home20.0% ±7.9 pp

Each share uses 3,028 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sultan city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

96^thMean commute percentile

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

79^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sultan city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,028 workers age 16+, including 2,421 workers with reported travel time and 607 home workers.

Population estimate6,116± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+3,028± 284 MOE

Workers with travel time2,421± 329 MOE

Estimated home workers607± 245 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

Comparable Washington commute records for Sultan city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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