ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60772024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Joaquin County, California

Mean one-way trip34.1 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.1%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 commute35.2 min → 34.1 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 10.6%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 73.7%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.7% ±0.8 pp
Carpool12.3% ±0.6 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.6% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 337,508 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.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

27thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate797,334± — MOE
Workers age 16+337,508± 3,131 MOE
Workers with travel time301,691± 3,608 MOE
Estimated home workers35,817± 1,806 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.