ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41696002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Springfield, Oregon

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 → 19.4 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.8%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 1.9%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 71.1%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.1% ±2.3 pp
Carpool11.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit1.9% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle1.9% ±1.0 pp
Work from home9.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 30,799 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.

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate61,499± 60 MOE
Workers age 16+30,799± 877 MOE
Workers with travel time27,780± 943 MOE
Estimated home workers3,019± 462 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.