What is the average commute in Curry County, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Curry County, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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.

COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Curry County, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Curry County, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 16.5% worked from home, 69.9% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Curry County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.0 percentage points.

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 Curry County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 16.5% worked from home.

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

How Curry County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

18^thMean commute percentile

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

95^thWork-from-home percentile

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

70^thTransit percentile

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

20^th60+ 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 Curry County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,438 workers age 16+, including 7,046 workers with reported travel time and 1,392 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oregon commute records for Curry County

These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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