ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41380002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Junction City, Oregon

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±10.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 commute21.9 min → 20.9 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 8.0%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 75.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±10.3 pp
Carpool16.3% ±8.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.0% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 3,843 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% 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.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,947± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+3,843± 387 MOE
Workers with travel time3,536± 390 MOE
Estimated home workers307± 143 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.