What is the average commute in Roseburg city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.1%, 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 41636502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Roseburg, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Roseburg city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.6 min one way; 12.1% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.6 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home12.1%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone72.5%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.4%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 Roseburg 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 +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.2 min → 15.6 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 12.1%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.3% → 72.5%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Roseburg city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 12.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.5% ±3.5 pp

Carpool10.8% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.9 pp

Walk3.3% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home12.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 9,620 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Roseburg city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Roseburg city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,620 workers age 16+, including 8,459 workers with reported travel time and 1,161 home workers.

Population estimate23,778± 57 MOE

Workers age 16+9,620± 725 MOE

Workers with travel time8,459± 724 MOE

Estimated home workers1,161± 366 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 Roseburg 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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