ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53687502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sunnyside, Washington

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 3.2% worked from home, 79.6% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 Sunnyside city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.2 min → 24.6 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 3.2%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 79.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sunnyside city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.2% worked from home.

Drive alone79.6% ±6.0 pp
Carpool15.6% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home3.2% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 5,606 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sunnyside city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sunnyside city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,606 workers age 16+, including 5,424 workers with reported travel time and 182 home workers.

Population estimate16,277± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,606± 420 MOE
Workers with travel time5,424± 440 MOE
Estimated home workers182± 140 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 Sunnyside 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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