ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41031502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Astoria, Oregon

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home21.5%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone63.4%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 commute17.2 min → 21.8 min▲ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.3% → 21.5%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.0% → 63.4%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.4% ±6.6 pp
Carpool7.0% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk4.6% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp
Work from home21.5% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 4,530 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,109± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+4,530± 337 MOE
Workers with travel time3,557± 332 MOE
Estimated home workers973± 281 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.