ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53682602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sultan, Washington

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

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.

79thWork-from-home percentile

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

71thTransit percentile

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

99th60+ 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 the shares

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.