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THE POST-2021 COMMUTE, PLACE BY PLACE
How did the trip to work shift where you live?
Explore 6,822 places and 3,073 counties. Compare commute time, driving, public transit, walking, cycling, work from home, and the published change from 2021 to 2024.
ACS five-year estimates · margins of error preserved · overlapping periods disclosed
01 / READ ONE PLACE
Six modes. Four time bands. No mystery score.
Every report keeps each estimate separate, carries its margin of error, and compares like with like across population peers.
Read the modes
Driving, carpool, transit, walking, biking, and home work.
Check uncertainty
Counts, denominators, and 90% margins of error stay visible.
Compare peers
Single-metric percentiles, never a composite grade.
02 / LARGEST PLACES
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New YorkNew York40.3 min · 16.9% WFHLos AngelesCalifornia30.7 min · 19.5% WFHChicagoIllinois33.1 min · 21.0% WFHHoustonTexas27.2 min · 13.0% WFHPhoenixArizona25.6 min · 19.0% WFHPhiladelphiaPennsylvania31.7 min · 18.4% WFHSan AntonioTexas24.5 min · 13.5% WFHSan DiegoCalifornia23.5 min · 21.2% WFHDallasTexas25.7 min · 15.8% WFHSan JoseCalifornia27.3 min · 20.3% WFHAustinTexas23.7 min · 30.7% WFHJacksonvilleFlorida24.1 min · 15.5% WFH
03 / A NOTE ON CHANGE
A shift in an estimate is evidence—not a verdict.
ACS five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses. The 2021 and 2024 periods overlap, so CommuteShift calls the difference directional and never claims a clean before-and-after experiment.
Read the full methodology