ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53795552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wollochet, Washington

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±11.5 min MOE
Worked from home22.1%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±13.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute26.4 min → 24.8 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.7% → 22.1%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 72.4%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.4% ±13.6 pp
Carpool2.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk3.0% ±4.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home22.1% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 3,242 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,689± 1,221 MOE
Workers age 16+3,242± 828 MOE
Workers with travel time2,526± 768 MOE
Estimated home workers716± 201 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.