ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41495502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monmouth, Oregon

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.7%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute23.2 min → 23.8 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 10.6%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.2%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 69.7%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.7% ±6.9 pp
Carpool7.9% ±2.7 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.1 pp
Walk7.7% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.2 pp
Work from home10.6% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 5,530 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.

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,428± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+5,530± 473 MOE
Workers with travel time4,942± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers588± 207 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.