ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41571502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pendleton, Oregon

Mean one-way trip14.2 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 commute12.2 min → 14.2 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 7.9%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.8%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.1% → 75.7%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.7% ±5.4 pp
Carpool10.9% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.1 pp
Walk3.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.9% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 6,647 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

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

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,950± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+6,647± 537 MOE
Workers with travel time6,119± 569 MOE
Estimated home workers528± 166 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.