What is the average commute in Clayton city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Clayton city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6138822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clayton, California

Name: Commute estimates for Clayton city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.5 min one way; 21.7% worked from home, 65.3% drove alone, and 16.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.5 min±5.0 min MOE

Worked from home21.7%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone65.3%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.2%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 Clayton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute41.8 min → 35.5 min▼ 6.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.8% → 21.7%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit7.3% → 1.5%▼ 5.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 65.3%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clayton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.3%; 1.5% used public transit and 21.7% worked from home.

Drive alone65.3% ±4.9 pp

Carpool7.2% ±2.4 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.1 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp

Work from home21.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 4,963 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clayton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

93^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clayton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,963 workers age 16+, including 3,886 workers with reported travel time and 1,077 home workers.

Population estimate10,937± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+4,963± 347 MOE

Workers with travel time3,886± 357 MOE

Estimated home workers1,077± 222 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Clayton city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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