ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41671002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sherwood, Oregon

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home26.2%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone64.4%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute25.7 min → 24.1 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.5% → 26.2%▲ 8.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 64.4%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.4% ±4.1 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home26.2% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 10,253 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,307± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+10,253± 660 MOE
Workers with travel time7,564± 622 MOE
Estimated home workers2,689± 365 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.