What is the average commute in Rawlins city, Wyoming?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rawlins city, Wyoming work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · WY · GEOID 56639002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rawlins, Wyoming

Name: Commute estimates for Rawlins city, Wyoming
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 2.5% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.3 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home2.5%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.8%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 Rawlins city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.4 min → 13.3 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 2.5%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.5% → 78.7%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rawlins city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±4.6 pp

Carpool16.9% ±6.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home2.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 3,500 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rawlins city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

3^thMean commute percentile

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

4^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rawlins city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,500 workers age 16+, including 3,411 workers with reported travel time and 89 home workers.

Population estimate8,129± 21 MOE

Workers age 16+3,500± 332 MOE

Workers with travel time3,411± 337 MOE

Estimated home workers89± 73 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Wyoming commute records for Rawlins city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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