ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WY · GEOID 56337402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Green River, Wyoming

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 commute24.0 min → 24.3 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.6% → 6.6%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit5.6% → 5.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 75.0%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.0% ±4.1 pp
Carpool11.3% ±3.3 pp
Public transit5.0% ±2.7 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.6% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,357 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

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

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,581± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+5,357± 326 MOE
Workers with travel time5,006± 301 MOE
Estimated home workers351± 146 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.