ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41702002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stayton, Oregon

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±10.7 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute21.7 min → 22.9 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 19.1%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 65.3%▼ 13.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.3% ±8.8 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.9% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home19.1% ±10.7 pp

Each share uses 3,870 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.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

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

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,292± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,870± 319 MOE
Workers with travel time3,129± 411 MOE
Estimated home workers741± 420 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.