ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41290002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gladstone, Oregon

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home20.7%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone66.4%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute24.0 min → 23.1 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 20.7%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 2.8%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 66.4%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.4% ±5.9 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.4 pp
Public transit2.8% ±1.8 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home20.7% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 6,437 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% 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.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,977± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+6,437± 411 MOE
Workers with travel time5,102± 457 MOE
Estimated home workers1,335± 332 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.