ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morrow County, Oregon

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 3.2% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Morrow 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 -0.8 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute20.7 min → 23.4 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 3.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.7% → 1.8%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 74.8%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morrow County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 1.8% used public transit and 3.2% worked from home.

Drive alone74.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool12.8% ±3.8 pp
Public transit1.8% ±1.7 pp
Walk4.6% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home3.2% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 5,169 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morrow County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morrow County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,169 workers age 16+, including 5,004 workers with reported travel time and 165 home workers.

Population estimate12,300± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,169± 272 MOE
Workers with travel time5,004± 277 MOE
Estimated home workers165± 72 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

Comparable Oregon commute records for Morrow County

These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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