ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53684102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Summit View, Washington

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±12.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±8.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 commute37.3 min → 29.3 min▼ 8.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 9.1%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 3.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 78.7%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.7% ±8.7 pp
Carpool7.3% ±6.8 pp
Public transit3.2% ±2.0 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.1% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 4,887 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,480± 1,511 MOE
Workers age 16+4,887± 1,163 MOE
Workers with travel time4,440± 1,144 MOE
Estimated home workers447± 159 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.