ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6103012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Camino Tassajara, California

Mean one-way trip44.6 min±14.3 min MOE
Worked from home53.1%±10.8 pp MOE
Drove alone38.4%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip30.7%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 commute57.3 min → 44.6 min▼ 12.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home33.9% → 53.1%▲ 19.3 pp

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

Public transit10.9% → 3.8%▼ 7.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone50.5% → 38.4%▼ 12.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone38.4% ±3.1 pp
Carpool4.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit3.8% ±3.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home53.1% ±10.8 pp

Each share uses 2,341 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.

100thWork-from-home percentile

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

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,831± 1,252 MOE
Workers age 16+2,341± 430 MOE
Workers with travel time1,097± 211 MOE
Estimated home workers1,244± 341 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.