ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41539882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Hills, Oregon

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home31.4%±7.2 pp MOE
Drove alone57.2%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 commute24.8 min → 21.3 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.1% → 31.4%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 2.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.6% → 57.2%▼ 9.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.2% ±3.6 pp
Carpool5.5% ±2.4 pp
Public transit2.2% ±2.0 pp
Walk2.8% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home31.4% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 6,092 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.

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,131± 834 MOE
Workers age 16+6,092± 556 MOE
Workers with travel time4,180± 421 MOE
Estimated home workers1,912± 473 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.