ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 61072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tulare County, California

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±0.7 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.

Mean commute22.5 min → 23.7 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 6.1%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 77.0%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.0% ±0.7 pp
Carpool13.9% ±0.8 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home6.1% ±0.4 pp

Each share uses 189,030 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate478,693± — MOE
Workers age 16+189,030± 2,236 MOE
Workers with travel time177,413± 2,237 MOE
Estimated home workers11,617± 824 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.