Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41486002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Milton-Freewater, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.2 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 53.1% drove alone, and 1.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.2 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone53.1%±10.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.6%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 Milton-Freewater 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 +1.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Milton-Freewater city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.1%; 1.3% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,081 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Milton-Freewater city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Milton-Freewater city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,081 workers age 16+, including 2,901 workers with reported travel time and 180 home workers.
Population estimate7,036± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+3,081± 377 MOE
Workers with travel time2,901± 407 MOE
Estimated home workers180± 114 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
All Oregon reports →Comparable Oregon commute records for Milton-Freewater city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.