ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53782252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Center, Washington

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone56.9%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 commute30.2 min → 29.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 19.5%▲ 11.9 pp

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

Public transit10.3% → 7.0%▼ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.9% → 56.9%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.9% ±5.0 pp
Carpool14.1% ±3.9 pp
Public transit7.0% ±1.8 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home19.5% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 7,990 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,886± 1,176 MOE
Workers age 16+7,990± 727 MOE
Workers with travel time6,432± 730 MOE
Estimated home workers1,558± 297 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.