ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6048702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bell, California

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home4.1%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.4%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 commute32.4 min → 30.0 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 4.1%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit6.9% → 5.4%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 71.4%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.4% ±3.4 pp
Carpool12.8% ±2.4 pp
Public transit5.4% ±1.6 pp
Walk3.2% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.9 pp
Work from home4.1% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 14,052 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate32,476± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+14,052± 755 MOE
Workers with travel time13,481± 769 MOE
Estimated home workers571± 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.