Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41320502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Happy Valley, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 23.9% worked from home, 63.7% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home23.9%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone63.7%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 Happy Valley city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Happy Valley city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.7%; 1.4% used public transit and 23.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,169 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Happy Valley city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Happy Valley city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,169 workers age 16+, including 10,024 workers with reported travel time and 3,145 home workers.
Population estimate26,738± 66 MOE
Workers age 16+13,169± 546 MOE
Workers with travel time10,024± 617 MOE
Estimated home workers3,145± 389 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
All Oregon reports →Comparable Oregon commute records for Happy Valley city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.