ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6002962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Adelanto, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 47.0 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 37.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip47.0 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip37.1%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 Adelanto city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute44.4 min → 47.0 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 8.0%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 75.5%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Adelanto city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.5% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±2.1 pp
Carpool13.3% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 12,789 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Adelanto city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Adelanto city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,789 workers age 16+, including 11,766 workers with reported travel time and 1,023 home workers.

Population estimate37,964± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+12,789± 756 MOE
Workers with travel time11,766± 753 MOE
Estimated home workers1,023± 282 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

Comparable California commute records for Adelanto city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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