What is the average commute in Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 44.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 53733072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.4 min one way; 44.7% worked from home, 48.2% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±5.8 min MOE

Worked from home44.7%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone48.2%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.3 min → 28.4 min▼ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home29.8% → 44.7%▲ 14.8 pp

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

Public transit4.6% → 2.0%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.6% → 48.2%▼ 9.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 48.2%; 2.0% used public transit and 44.7% worked from home.

Drive alone48.2% ±4.4 pp

Carpool3.5% ±1.2 pp

Public transit2.0% ±2.2 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home44.7% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 9,227 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

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

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,227 workers age 16+, including 5,105 workers with reported travel time and 4,122 home workers.

Population estimate23,047± 1,494 MOE

Workers age 16+9,227± 678 MOE

Workers with travel time5,105± 594 MOE

Estimated home workers4,122± 428 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 Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP

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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