What is the average commute in Woodburn city, Oregon?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 41837502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodburn, Oregon

Name: Commute estimates for Woodburn city, Oregon
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone72.1%±5.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Woodburn city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.8 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.9 min → 27.2 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 7.6%▼ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 72.1%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodburn city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone72.1% ±5.1 pp

Carpool18.5% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home7.6% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 12,514 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodburn city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woodburn city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,514 workers age 16+, including 11,565 workers with reported travel time and 949 home workers.

Population estimate27,875± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+12,514± 866 MOE

Workers with travel time11,565± 829 MOE

Estimated home workers949± 360 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 Woodburn 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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