ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41426002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lincoln City, Oregon

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.1%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 commute13.6 min → 17.4 min▲ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 16.6%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 63.1%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.1% ±4.3 pp
Carpool13.7% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk5.0% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home16.6% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 4,014 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,968± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+4,014± 317 MOE
Workers with travel time3,346± 275 MOE
Estimated home workers668± 197 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.