What is the average commute in Barstow city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 6040302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Barstow, California

Name: Commute estimates for Barstow city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.2 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 74.3% drove alone, and 16.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home6.1%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone74.3%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.3%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 Barstow city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.8 min → 28.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 6.1%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 74.3%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Barstow city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.

Drive alone74.3% ±4.2 pp

Carpool9.6% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp

Walk5.8% ±2.4 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.7 pp

Work from home6.1% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 8,514 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Barstow city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Barstow city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,514 workers age 16+, including 7,994 workers with reported travel time and 520 home workers.

Population estimate25,100± 70 MOE

Workers age 16+8,514± 742 MOE

Workers with travel time7,994± 774 MOE

Estimated home workers520± 210 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 Barstow 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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