What is the average commute in Dallas city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 41177002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dallas, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Dallas city, Oregon
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone69.4%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.5%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 Dallas city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.0 min → 27.1 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 10.7%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.2%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 69.4%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dallas city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±4.7 pp

Carpool13.5% ±4.2 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk4.1% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home10.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 7,634 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dallas city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dallas city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,634 workers age 16+, including 6,815 workers with reported travel time and 819 home workers.

Population estimate17,531± 56 MOE

Workers age 16+7,634± 546 MOE

Workers with travel time6,815± 549 MOE

Estimated home workers819± 204 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 Dallas 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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