ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41659502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Seaside, Oregon

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone66.0%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 commute20.5 min → 18.1 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 15.6%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 0.0%▼ 4.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.7% → 66.0%▲ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.0% ±6.9 pp
Carpool4.8% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk10.4% ±5.6 pp
Bicycle2.7% ±2.1 pp
Work from home15.6% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 3,000 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,192± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+3,000± 327 MOE
Workers with travel time2,533± 348 MOE
Estimated home workers467± 190 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.