What is the average commute in Prineville 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 Prineville city, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 41598502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prineville, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Prineville city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 80.3% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home10.2%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone80.3%±7.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Prineville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.2 min → 23.8 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 10.2%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 80.3%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Prineville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.3% ±7.0 pp

Carpool2.8% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk4.3% ±3.6 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp

Work from home10.2% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,774 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Prineville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

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

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Prineville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,774 workers age 16+, including 4,287 workers with reported travel time and 487 home workers.

Population estimate11,470± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+4,774± 389 MOE

Workers with travel time4,287± 412 MOE

Estimated home workers487± 179 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 Prineville 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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