ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6097802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

California City, California

Mean one-way trip43.3 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip27.8%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 commute41.3 min → 43.3 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.9% → 10.7%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.0% → 73.1%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±4.7 pp
Carpool13.8% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.7% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 4,416 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,414± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+4,416± 454 MOE
Workers with travel time3,943± 428 MOE
Estimated home workers473± 226 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.