What is the average commute in Winston city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Winston city, Oregon work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OR · GEOID 41834002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winston, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Winston city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 17.1% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Winston city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 percentage points.

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 Winston city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.1% worked from home.

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

How Winston city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

18^thMean commute percentile

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

71^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

36^th60+ 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 Winston city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,243 workers age 16+, including 1,859 workers with reported travel time and 384 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oregon commute records for Winston city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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