What is the average commute in Florence city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 41260502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Florence, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Florence city, Oregon
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.0 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.0 min±5.1 min MOE

Worked from home9.2%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone75.5%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.7%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 Florence city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.1 min → 15.0 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 9.2%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 75.5%▲ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Florence city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±5.6 pp

Carpool5.8% ±3.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk7.5% ±6.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home9.2% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 2,703 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Florence city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Florence city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,703 workers age 16+, including 2,454 workers with reported travel time and 249 home workers.

Population estimate9,482± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+2,703± 341 MOE

Workers with travel time2,454± 346 MOE

Estimated home workers249± 121 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 Florence 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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