ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Riverside County, California

Mean one-way trip33.8 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±0.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±0.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.4%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 commute34.0 min → 33.8 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 12.3%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.7%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 73.3%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±0.4 pp
Carpool11.0% ±0.4 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.0 pp
Work from home12.3% ±0.3 pp

Each share uses 1,087,103 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

21thTransit percentile

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

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate2,478,600± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,087,103± 5,225 MOE
Workers with travel time953,772± 5,429 MOE
Estimated home workers133,331± 3,428 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.