ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41470002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Medford, Oregon

Mean one-way trip16.6 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.8%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 commute17.7 min → 16.6 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 10.5%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.5%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 72.8%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.8% ±2.3 pp
Carpool11.7% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.3% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 38,983 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate86,315± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+38,983± 1,195 MOE
Workers with travel time34,884± 1,175 MOE
Estimated home workers4,099± 637 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.