ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Inyo County, California

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute15.5 min → 16.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 11.8%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.3% → 64.7%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.7% ±4.8 pp
Carpool14.1% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.2 pp
Walk3.6% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle3.0% ±1.7 pp
Work from home11.8% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 8,346 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,739± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,346± 321 MOE
Workers with travel time7,364± 372 MOE
Estimated home workers982± 219 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.