ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41403502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Grande, Oregon

Mean one-way trip13.1 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone67.7%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute13.7 min → 13.1 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 6.8%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.1% → 67.7%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.7% ±5.3 pp
Carpool11.4% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk9.7% ±4.1 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.8% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 6,009 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,058± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+6,009± 339 MOE
Workers with travel time5,603± 345 MOE
Estimated home workers406± 137 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.