Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410272024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hood River County, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 20.3% worked from home, 62.3% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.3 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home20.3%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone62.3%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 Hood River County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 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 Hood River County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.3%; 0.7% used public transit and 20.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,298 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hood River 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hood River County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,298 workers age 16+, including 9,805 workers with reported travel time and 2,493 home workers.
Population estimate23,905± — MOE
Workers age 16+12,298± 387 MOE
Workers with travel time9,805± 445 MOE
Estimated home workers2,493± 407 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 Hood River County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.