Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410172024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Deschutes County, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 22.6% worked from home, 65.2% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.6 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home22.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Deschutes County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 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 Deschutes County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.2%; 0.3% used public transit and 22.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 102,126 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Deschutes County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Deschutes County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 102,126 workers age 16+, including 79,084 workers with reported travel time and 23,042 home workers.
Population estimate206,334± — MOE
Workers age 16+102,126± 1,702 MOE
Workers with travel time79,084± 1,885 MOE
Estimated home workers23,042± 1,540 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 Deschutes County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.