Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410352024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Klamath County, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.9 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Klamath County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 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 Klamath County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 26,317 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Klamath County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 6th 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 lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Klamath County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 26,317 workers age 16+, including 24,010 workers with reported travel time and 2,307 home workers.
Population estimate70,247± — MOE
Workers age 16+26,317± 863 MOE
Workers with travel time24,010± 844 MOE
Estimated home workers2,307± 381 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 Klamath County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.