Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60812024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Mateo County, California
Mean one-way trip26.4 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home24.3%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone56.7%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How residents usually get to work
Each share uses 384,595 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind the shares
Population estimate742,340± — MOE
Workers age 16+384,595± 2,819 MOE
Workers with travel time291,318± 3,141 MOE
Estimated home workers93,277± 2,301 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
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