ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41178002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Damascus, Oregon

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 commute31.4 min → 27.7 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 14.0%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.3% → 71.6%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.6% ±1.3 pp
Carpool12.2% ±5.5 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 5,453 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.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,437± 1,159 MOE
Workers age 16+5,453± 813 MOE
Workers with travel time4,690± 790 MOE
Estimated home workers763± 180 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.