ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41010002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Albany, Oregon

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commute20.8 min → 21.0 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 14.2%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 72.3%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.3% ±2.0 pp
Carpool8.4% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.2% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 25,533 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate56,839± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+25,533± 814 MOE
Workers with travel time21,909± 761 MOE
Estimated home workers3,624± 416 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.