What is the average commute in Albany city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Albany city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 38.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 6006742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Albany, California

Name: Commute estimates for Albany city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.8 min one way; 38.0% worked from home, 36.5% drove alone, and 14.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.8 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home38.0%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone36.5%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.9%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 Albany city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.9 min → 30.8 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.3% → 38.0%▲ 11.7 pp

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

Public transit20.6% → 11.5%▼ 9.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone37.4% → 36.5%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Albany city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 36.5%; 11.5% used public transit and 38.0% worked from home.

Drive alone36.5% ±3.1 pp

Carpool3.1% ±1.0 pp

Public transit11.5% ±1.5 pp

Walk6.2% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle3.9% ±1.0 pp

Work from home38.0% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 9,951 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Albany city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Albany city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,951 workers age 16+, including 6,173 workers with reported travel time and 3,778 home workers.

Population estimate19,414± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+9,951± 380 MOE

Workers with travel time6,173± 398 MOE

Estimated home workers3,778± 370 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 Albany 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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