The single-year, 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) data is scheduled for release this Thursday, September 11th. The “embargo period” for this data started this morning, meaning that your local newspaper / data reporter has access to this data right now. Expect some stories in your local media this coming Thursday morning.
My guess is that media will focus (this week) on issues like housing affordability, commuting to work, and health insurance coverage. My guess is that working-at-home will show a decline in number and share from previous years.
The single-year 2024 ACS data tables are to be released Thursday, September 11th, 2025.
The single-year 2024 ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) are to be released Thursday, October 16, 2025.
The five-year 2020-2024 ACS data tables are scheduled for release on Thursday, December 11, 2025
And the five-year 2020-2024 ACS PUMS data are scheduled for release Thursday, January 22, 2026
I’m cross-posting this to the TMIP and CTPP listservs. This is because the AASHTO will be suspending the CTPP listserv as of September 30, 2025. My thought is that the TMIP listserv will be a safe haven for MPO and State DOT practitioners interested in actual discussion of using census data in their transportation planning programs. If I’m wrong, let me know.
(The traffic on the CTPP listserv has been very light over the past several years, I reckon ranging from 0 to 3 posts per month.)
I will be interested in following the research of MPOs and State DOTs in integrating the newest set of PUMS data in their population microsimulation efforts.
I hope this is of interest.
Chuck Purvis,
Hayward, California