ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41190202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Deschutes River Woods, Oregon

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±9.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.5%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 commute25.1 min → 25.7 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 11.2%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 67.5%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.5% ±6.5 pp
Carpool14.3% ±6.8 pp
Public transit1.8% ±2.7 pp
Walk3.3% ±4.4 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.2 pp
Work from home11.2% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,376 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.

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,797± 826 MOE
Workers age 16+3,376± 566 MOE
Workers with travel time2,999± 539 MOE
Estimated home workers377± 160 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.