ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6116912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, California

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home18.7%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute27.3 min → 26.0 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.2% → 18.7%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 72.4%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.4% ±3.2 pp
Carpool6.4% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home18.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 8,675 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,765± 1,267 MOE
Workers age 16+8,675± 655 MOE
Workers with travel time7,056± 582 MOE
Estimated home workers1,619± 287 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.