What is the average commute in West Clarkston-Highland CDP, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in West Clarkston-Highland CDP, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 53772972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Clarkston-Highland, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for West Clarkston-Highland CDP, Washington
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 West Clarkston-Highland CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 percentage points.

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 West Clarkston-Highland CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

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

How West Clarkston-Highland CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

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

39^thWork-from-home percentile

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

60^thTransit percentile

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

8^th60+ 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 West Clarkston-Highland CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,219 workers age 16+, including 2,008 workers with reported travel time and 211 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Washington commute records for West Clarkston-Highland 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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