ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41121502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cedar Mill, Oregon

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home38.4%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone51.0%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute25.3 min → 24.6 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.3% → 38.4%▲ 12.0 pp

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

Public transit4.8% → 3.0%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.2% → 51.0%▼ 11.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone51.0% ±6.9 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.9 pp
Public transit3.0% ±1.4 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home38.4% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 9,313 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,471± 2,015 MOE
Workers age 16+9,313± 842 MOE
Workers with travel time5,739± 822 MOE
Estimated home workers3,574± 499 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.