What is the average commute in Brookings city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 41086502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookings, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Brookings city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.7 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 70.6% drove alone, and 0.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home12.5%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone70.6%±10.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.7%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 Brookings city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute16.0 min → 14.7 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 12.5%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 70.6%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brookings city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.6%; 0.8% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.

Drive alone70.6% ±10.9 pp

Carpool8.4% ±4.8 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.5 pp

Walk2.9% ±3.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home12.5% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 2,968 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brookings city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thWork-from-home percentile

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

63^thTransit percentile

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

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brookings city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,968 workers age 16+, including 2,598 workers with reported travel time and 370 home workers.

Population estimate6,703± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+2,968± 354 MOE

Workers with travel time2,598± 412 MOE

Estimated home workers370± 158 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 Brookings 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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