What is the average commute in Astoria city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Astoria city, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OR · GEOID 41031502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Astoria, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Astoria city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 21.5% worked from home, 63.4% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Astoria city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.2 percentage points.

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 Astoria city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.4%; 0.5% used public transit and 21.5% worked from home.

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

How Astoria city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31^thMean commute percentile

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

83^thWork-from-home percentile

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

57^thTransit percentile

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

64^th60+ 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 Astoria city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,530 workers age 16+, including 3,557 workers with reported travel time and 973 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oregon commute records for Astoria city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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