ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41349002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hood River, Oregon

Mean one-way trip16.5 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home25.8%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone53.8%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 commute21.7 min → 16.5 min▼ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 25.8%▲ 12.6 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.4%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.1% → 53.8%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.8% ±5.1 pp
Carpool5.4% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.5 pp
Walk9.7% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle2.4% ±1.8 pp
Work from home25.8% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 4,244 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,361± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+4,244± 278 MOE
Workers with travel time3,151± 293 MOE
Estimated home workers1,093± 232 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.