ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WY · GEOID 56447602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lander, Wyoming

Mean one-way trip13.6 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute14.1 min → 13.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 8.0%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.0% → 71.1%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.1% ±4.2 pp
Carpool10.5% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk6.0% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle2.0% ±1.4 pp
Work from home8.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 3,256 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,432± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+3,256± 280 MOE
Workers with travel time2,997± 264 MOE
Estimated home workers259± 111 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.