ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6016402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

American Canyon, California

Mean one-way trip29.7 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%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 commute34.9 min → 29.7 min▼ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 11.7%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 74.8%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±2.9 pp
Carpool9.4% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.8% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 10,543 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,691± 71 MOE
Workers age 16+10,543± 436 MOE
Workers with travel time9,310± 447 MOE
Estimated home workers1,233± 212 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.