What is the average commute in Santa Clara CDP, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Santa Clara CDP, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 41654002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Santa Clara, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Santa Clara CDP, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 20.3% worked from home, 68.2% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home20.3%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone68.2%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Santa Clara CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.1 min → 20.9 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 20.3%▲ 8.8 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.9%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 68.2%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Santa Clara CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.2%; 0.9% used public transit and 20.3% worked from home.

Drive alone68.2% ±5.8 pp

Carpool6.6% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±1.0 pp

Work from home20.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 5,115 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Santa Clara CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

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

65^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Santa Clara CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,115 workers age 16+, including 4,079 workers with reported travel time and 1,036 home workers.

Population estimate10,551± 884 MOE

Workers age 16+5,115± 587 MOE

Workers with travel time4,079± 509 MOE

Estimated home workers1,036± 207 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 Santa Clara CDP

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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