ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41374002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jennings Lodge, Oregon

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute28.6 min → 25.3 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 16.0%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit10.3% → 2.3%▼ 8.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.9% → 70.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.8% ±6.7 pp
Carpool6.7% ±3.0 pp
Public transit2.3% ±1.9 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.9 pp
Work from home16.0% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 3,689 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,971± 1,068 MOE
Workers age 16+3,689± 545 MOE
Workers with travel time3,097± 530 MOE
Estimated home workers592± 189 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.