ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Placer County, California

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone67.5%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 27.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.2% → 22.7%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 67.5%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.5% ±0.7 pp
Carpool6.3% ±0.5 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.7% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 192,652 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate419,156± — MOE
Workers age 16+192,652± 1,943 MOE
Workers with travel time148,960± 1,870 MOE
Estimated home workers43,692± 1,654 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.