ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6044152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bay Point, California

Mean one-way trip36.1 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.8%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 commute40.7 min → 36.1 min▼ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 4.5%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit5.3% → 5.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.5% → 68.5%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±2.8 pp
Carpool20.7% ±4.8 pp
Public transit5.0% ±2.1 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.5% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 10,641 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,231± 2,095 MOE
Workers age 16+10,641± 809 MOE
Workers with travel time10,160± 772 MOE
Estimated home workers481± 181 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.