ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monterey County, California

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone70.3%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 commute24.5 min → 25.4 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 9.8%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.8% → 70.3%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.3% ±0.9 pp
Carpool9.9% ±0.8 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.9% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.8% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 188,150 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.

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate437,613± — MOE
Workers age 16+188,150± 2,074 MOE
Workers with travel time169,622± 2,284 MOE
Estimated home workers18,528± 1,139 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.