Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410512024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Multnomah County, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 26.1% worked from home, 52.6% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.4 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home26.1%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone52.6%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Multnomah County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.6 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 Multnomah County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.6%; 5.5% used public transit and 26.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 434,367 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Multnomah County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 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 71% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Multnomah County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 434,367 workers age 16+, including 321,141 workers with reported travel time and 113,226 home workers.
Population estimate801,477± — MOE
Workers age 16+434,367± 3,300 MOE
Workers with travel time321,141± 3,758 MOE
Estimated home workers113,226± 2,874 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 Multnomah County
These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.