ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41450002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

McMinnville, Oregon

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 70.4% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 McMinnville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 20.8 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 12.2%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.9% → 70.4%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How McMinnville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.4%; 0.3% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.4% ±2.9 pp
Carpool7.9% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.0% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±0.7 pp
Work from home12.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 14,286 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How McMinnville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind McMinnville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,286 workers age 16+, including 12,544 workers with reported travel time and 1,742 home workers.

Population estimate34,596± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+14,286± 636 MOE
Workers with travel time12,544± 683 MOE
Estimated home workers1,742± 343 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 McMinnville 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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