What is the average commute in Monmouth city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Monmouth city, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OR · GEOID 41495502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monmouth, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Monmouth city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Monmouth city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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 Monmouth city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 1.2% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.

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

How Monmouth city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

44^thMean commute percentile

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

45^thWork-from-home percentile

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

71^thTransit percentile

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

49^th60+ 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 Monmouth city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,530 workers age 16+, including 4,942 workers with reported travel time and 588 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oregon commute records for Monmouth 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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