Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410012024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Baker County, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.1 min one way; 9.8% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.1 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Baker County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Baker County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 9.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,170 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Baker County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Baker County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,170 workers age 16+, including 5,567 workers with reported travel time and 603 home workers.
Population estimate16,840± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,170± 345 MOE
Workers with travel time5,567± 345 MOE
Estimated home workers603± 173 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
All Oregon reports →Comparable Oregon commute records for Baker County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.