ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6076242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bostonia, California

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 commute25.5 min → 24.9 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 12.8%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 3.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 71.8%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±5.6 pp
Carpool8.5% ±3.5 pp
Public transit3.0% ±2.5 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home12.8% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 7,904 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,765± 1,721 MOE
Workers age 16+7,904± 878 MOE
Workers with travel time6,890± 791 MOE
Estimated home workers1,014± 413 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.