Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60632024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Plumas County, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.8 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 Plumas County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 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 Plumas County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,779 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Plumas County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 25th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Plumas County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,779 workers age 16+, including 6,292 workers with reported travel time and 487 home workers.
Population estimate19,423± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,779± 479 MOE
Workers with travel time6,292± 496 MOE
Estimated home workers487± 173 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 Plumas County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.