ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53772972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Clarkston-Highland, Washington

Mean one-way trip13.3 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 commute13.9 min → 13.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 9.5%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 79.5%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±4.6 pp
Carpool5.9% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.6% ±1.1 pp
Walk3.0% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.4 pp
Work from home9.5% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 2,219 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,444± 578 MOE
Workers age 16+2,219± 318 MOE
Workers with travel time2,008± 294 MOE
Estimated home workers211± 102 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.