ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53776652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Richland, Washington

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home16.4%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.5 min → 24.5 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 16.4%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.8%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 70.2%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±3.3 pp
Carpool8.6% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home16.4% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 7,733 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

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

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,586± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+7,733± 423 MOE
Workers with travel time6,465± 436 MOE
Estimated home workers1,268± 224 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.