ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41391502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

King City, Oregon

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home28.4%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone62.9%±14.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 commute24.1 min → 25.4 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.3% → 28.4%▲ 13.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.8%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 62.9%▼ 11.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.9% ±14.6 pp
Carpool2.6% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.8% ±2.7 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±2.0 pp
Work from home28.4% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 1,869 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,073± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+1,869± 268 MOE
Workers with travel time1,339± 312 MOE
Estimated home workers530± 133 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.