ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6038202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Banning, California

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 32.6 min▲ 5.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 8.3%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.7%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 74.8%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±3.7 pp
Carpool14.0% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.3% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 10,469 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate31,093± 83 MOE
Workers age 16+10,469± 636 MOE
Workers with travel time9,600± 651 MOE
Estimated home workers869± 241 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.