ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41337002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hermiston, Oregon

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home3.4%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone81.1%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute18.6 min → 19.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 3.4%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.0%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 81.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.1% ±5.4 pp
Carpool13.4% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home3.4% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 8,890 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,546± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+8,890± 603 MOE
Workers with travel time8,585± 602 MOE
Estimated home workers305± 153 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.