Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410312024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Jefferson County, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.3 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Jefferson County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 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 Jefferson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,853 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Jefferson County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Jefferson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,853 workers age 16+, including 8,922 workers with reported travel time and 931 home workers.
Population estimate25,203± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,853± 422 MOE
Workers with travel time8,922± 410 MOE
Estimated home workers931± 197 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 Jefferson County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.