ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41654002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Santa Clara, Oregon

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

26thMean commute percentile

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

80thWork-from-home percentile

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

65thTransit percentile

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

34th60+ 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 the shares

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.