ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Bernardino County, California

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±0.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±0.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.9%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 commute32.4 min → 32.6 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 11.0%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.4% → 74.1%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.1% ±0.5 pp
Carpool11.2% ±0.4 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.0 pp
Work from home11.0% ±0.3 pp

Each share uses 960,759 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.

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

28thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

92th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate2,197,104± — MOE
Workers age 16+960,759± 4,608 MOE
Workers with travel time855,412± 5,442 MOE
Estimated home workers105,347± 3,242 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.