What is the average commute in Klamath Falls city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Klamath Falls city, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OR · GEOID 41397002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Klamath Falls city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.3 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.3 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home6.0%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone74.1%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Klamath Falls city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute14.2 min → 14.3 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 6.0%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 74.1%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Klamath Falls city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 0.3% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.

Drive alone74.1% ±5.2 pp

Carpool11.1% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk6.4% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.6 pp

Work from home6.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,735 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Klamath Falls city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Klamath Falls city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,735 workers age 16+, including 8,211 workers with reported travel time and 524 home workers.

Population estimate22,115± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+8,735± 513 MOE

Workers with travel time8,211± 539 MOE

Estimated home workers524± 169 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oregon commute records for Klamath Falls city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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