What is the average commute in Beaverton city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 41053502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beaverton, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Beaverton city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 25.1% worked from home, 59.4% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Beaverton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.7 percentage points.

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 Beaverton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.4%; 4.3% used public transit and 25.1% worked from home.

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

How Beaverton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41^thMean commute percentile

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

87^thWork-from-home percentile

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

87^thTransit percentile

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

35^th60+ 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 Beaverton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 52,640 workers age 16+, including 39,417 workers with reported travel time and 13,223 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oregon commute records for Beaverton 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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