ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stanislaus County, California

Mean one-way trip30.8 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.0%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 commute31.0 min → 30.8 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 8.1%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 77.2%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.2% ±0.7 pp
Carpool10.8% ±0.6 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.1% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 233,227 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

26thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate553,990± — MOE
Workers age 16+233,227± 2,590 MOE
Workers with travel time214,320± 2,461 MOE
Estimated home workers18,907± 1,326 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.