What is the average commute in Garden Home-Whitford CDP, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Garden Home-Whitford CDP, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 30.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.3 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 41278252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Garden Home-Whitford CDP, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.0 min one way; 30.6% worked from home, 59.0% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±7.1 min MOE

Worked from home30.6%±5.3 pp MOE

Drove alone59.0%±8.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.2%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 Garden Home-Whitford CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +16.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.8 min → 23.0 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.1% → 30.6%▲ 16.5 pp

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

Public transit5.7% → 2.9%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.0% → 59.0%▼ 9.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Garden Home-Whitford CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.0%; 2.9% used public transit and 30.6% worked from home.

Drive alone59.0% ±8.7 pp

Carpool3.3% ±2.2 pp

Public transit2.9% ±2.3 pp

Walk1.2% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle2.0% ±1.6 pp

Work from home30.6% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 4,013 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Garden Home-Whitford CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

38^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Garden Home-Whitford CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,013 workers age 16+, including 2,785 workers with reported travel time and 1,228 home workers.

Population estimate6,979± 820 MOE

Workers age 16+4,013± 642 MOE

Workers with travel time2,785± 577 MOE

Estimated home workers1,228± 290 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 Garden Home-Whitford CDP

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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