ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41278252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

38thMean commute percentile

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

95thWork-from-home percentile

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

84thTransit percentile

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

18th60+ 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 the shares

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.