ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Napa County, California

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home14.6%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.3%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 commute26.2 min → 24.9 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 14.6%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 70.3%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.3% ±0.8 pp
Carpool9.3% ±1.0 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.2 pp
Work from home14.6% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 65,795 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate134,869± — MOE
Workers age 16+65,795± 2,138 MOE
Workers with travel time56,218± 1,802 MOE
Estimated home workers9,577± 755 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.