Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6014582024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Alum Rock, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 75.9% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.9 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.9%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 Alum Rock CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 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 Alum Rock CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,186 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Alum Rock CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Alum Rock CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,186 workers age 16+, including 4,786 workers with reported travel time and 400 home workers.
Population estimate10,440± 1,158 MOE
Workers age 16+5,186± 704 MOE
Workers with travel time4,786± 679 MOE
Estimated home workers400± 144 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 Alum Rock CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.