Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410192024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Douglas County, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 12.3% worked from home, 71.4% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.6 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Douglas County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 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 Douglas County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.4%; 0.3% used public transit and 12.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 42,204 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Douglas County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 18th 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 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Douglas County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 42,204 workers age 16+, including 37,019 workers with reported travel time and 5,185 home workers.
Population estimate112,072± — MOE
Workers age 16+42,204± 1,068 MOE
Workers with travel time37,019± 1,096 MOE
Estimated home workers5,185± 717 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 Douglas County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.