ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41053502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beaverton, Oregon

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home25.1%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone59.4%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute24.9 min → 24.1 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 25.1%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit6.9% → 4.3%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.1% → 59.4%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.4% ±1.9 pp
Carpool6.5% ±1.1 pp
Public transit4.3% ±0.9 pp
Walk2.6% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.3 pp
Work from home25.1% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 52,640 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate97,812± 60 MOE
Workers age 16+52,640± 1,244 MOE
Workers with travel time39,417± 1,319 MOE
Estimated home workers13,223± 1,016 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.