ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OR · GEOID 410612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Union County, Oregon

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.4 min → 16.3 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 8.5%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 71.9%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.9% ±3.6 pp
Carpool9.7% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk6.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 11,658 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate26,144± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,658± 384 MOE
Workers with travel time10,663± 409 MOE
Estimated home workers995± 194 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.