What is the average commute in Washougal city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 53764052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Washougal, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Washougal city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 22.5% worked from home, 66.9% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home22.5%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone66.9%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.5%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 Washougal city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.9 min → 25.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.5% → 22.5%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.1%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 66.9%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Washougal city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.9%; 1.1% used public transit and 22.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.9% ±4.4 pp

Carpool5.7% ±2.0 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home22.5% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 8,790 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Washougal city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thWork-from-home percentile

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

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Washougal city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,790 workers age 16+, including 6,810 workers with reported travel time and 1,980 home workers.

Population estimate17,490± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+8,790± 512 MOE

Workers with travel time6,810± 564 MOE

Estimated home workers1,980± 369 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 Washougal 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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