ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41267502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Four Corners, Oregon

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 commute25.2 min → 24.3 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.8%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 1.4%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.5% → 74.2%▲ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±4.3 pp
Carpool12.6% ±4.6 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.8% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 7,125 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,275± 1,697 MOE
Workers age 16+7,125± 875 MOE
Workers with travel time6,568± 846 MOE
Estimated home workers557± 186 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.