ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6097102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Calexico, California

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 commute25.7 min → 25.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 7.4%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.5%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 79.1%▲ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.1% ±4.7 pp
Carpool7.0% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.4% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 12,181 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate38,585± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+12,181± 821 MOE
Workers with travel time11,277± 856 MOE
Estimated home workers904± 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.