Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41262002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Forest Grove, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 67.8% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.8 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone67.8%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 Forest Grove city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Forest Grove city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.8%; 3.6% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,580 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Forest Grove city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Forest Grove city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,580 workers age 16+, including 11,049 workers with reported travel time and 1,531 home workers.
Population estimate26,529± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+12,580± 744 MOE
Workers with travel time11,049± 673 MOE
Estimated home workers1,531± 333 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
All Oregon reports →Comparable Oregon commute records for Forest Grove city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.