ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Curry County, Oregon

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.9%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 commute16.0 min → 18.5 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 16.5%— 0.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 69.9%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.9% ±6.6 pp
Carpool7.6% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.5% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 8,438 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,381± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,438± 570 MOE
Workers with travel time7,046± 644 MOE
Estimated home workers1,392± 379 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.