Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6139452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Clearlake, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 69.2% drove alone, and 18.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip33.1 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.2%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.1%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 Clearlake city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Clearlake city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.2%; 1.7% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,221 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Clearlake city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Clearlake city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,221 workers age 16+, including 4,584 workers with reported travel time and 637 home workers.
Population estimate16,659± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,221± 431 MOE
Workers with travel time4,584± 476 MOE
Estimated home workers637± 197 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Clearlake city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.