Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41652502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sandy, Oregon
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.1 min one way; 14.7% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 6.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.1 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 Sandy city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Sandy city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.6% used public transit and 14.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,378 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sandy city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sandy city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,378 workers age 16+, including 5,438 workers with reported travel time and 940 home workers.
Population estimate12,854± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+6,378± 523 MOE
Workers with travel time5,438± 515 MOE
Estimated home workers940± 302 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
All Oregon reports →Comparable Oregon commute records for Sandy city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.