ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6138822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clayton, California

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute41.8 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

93thMean commute percentile

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

83thWork-from-home percentile

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

74thTransit percentile

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

89th60+ 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 the shares

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.