ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41305502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grants Pass, Oregon

Mean one-way trip18.2 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute15.4 min → 18.2 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 10.0%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 73.7%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.7% ±3.7 pp
Carpool11.0% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.8 pp
Work from home10.0% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 16,778 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate39,311± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+16,778± 765 MOE
Workers with travel time15,105± 789 MOE
Estimated home workers1,673± 376 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.