ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6120482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cathedral City, California

Mean one-way trip19.9 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute20.5 min → 19.9 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 9.8%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 71.3%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool14.8% ±2.2 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 24,545 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate52,267± 75 MOE
Workers age 16+24,545± 874 MOE
Workers with travel time22,149± 943 MOE
Estimated home workers2,396± 392 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.