Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60292024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kern County, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.4 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Kern County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Kern County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 356,584 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kern County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kern County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 356,584 workers age 16+, including 329,952 workers with reported travel time and 26,632 home workers.
Population estimate915,075± — MOE
Workers age 16+356,584± 3,211 MOE
Workers with travel time329,952± 3,554 MOE
Estimated home workers26,632± 1,607 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Kern County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.