Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 61052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Trinity County, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 21.3% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.2 min±8.9 min MOE
Worked from home21.3%±8.9 pp MOE
Drove alone68.4%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 Trinity County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -6.6 percentage points.
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 Trinity County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 0.8% used public transit and 21.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,164 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Trinity County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Trinity County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,164 workers age 16+, including 4,065 workers with reported travel time and 1,099 home workers.
Population estimate15,860± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,164± 605 MOE
Workers with travel time4,065± 624 MOE
Estimated home workers1,099± 475 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Trinity County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.