What is the average commute in Alamo CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Alamo CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 31.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6006182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Alamo, California

Name: Commute estimates for Alamo CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.2 min one way; 31.5% worked from home, 54.1% drove alone, and 20.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±6.4 min MOE

Worked from home31.5%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone54.1%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.4%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 Alamo CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.5 min → 29.2 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.1% → 31.5%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit4.5% → 2.3%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.2% → 54.1%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Alamo CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.1%; 2.3% used public transit and 31.5% worked from home.

Drive alone54.1% ±4.9 pp

Carpool8.1% ±4.2 pp

Public transit2.3% ±1.5 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home31.5% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 6,295 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Alamo CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Alamo CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,295 workers age 16+, including 4,315 workers with reported travel time and 1,980 home workers.

Population estimate14,488± 1,348 MOE

Workers age 16+6,295± 814 MOE

Workers with travel time4,315± 646 MOE

Estimated home workers1,980± 387 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 Alamo CDP

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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