ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41834002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winston, Oregon

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.7%±9.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute15.4 min → 19.4 min▲ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 17.1%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 66.7%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.7% ±9.7 pp
Carpool13.4% ±7.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±2.0 pp
Work from home17.1% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 2,243 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.

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% 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.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,690± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+2,243± 321 MOE
Workers with travel time1,859± 327 MOE
Estimated home workers384± 158 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.