Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6033022024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Avenal, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.4 min one way; 1.5% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 16.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip36.4 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home1.5%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.5%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 Avenal city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 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 Avenal city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,037 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Avenal city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 95th 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 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Avenal city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,037 workers age 16+, including 3,978 workers with reported travel time and 59 home workers.
Population estimate13,608± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+4,037± 497 MOE
Workers with travel time3,978± 497 MOE
Estimated home workers59± 72 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 Avenal city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.