What is the average commute in Clovis city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 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 6142182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clovis, California

Name: Commute estimates for Clovis city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone74.9%±1.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.4%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 Clovis city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 23.6 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 11.7%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 74.9%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clovis city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.4% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±1.5 pp

Carpool11.1% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.7% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 55,964 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clovis city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

38^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

15^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

48^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clovis city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 55,964 workers age 16+, including 49,402 workers with reported travel time and 6,562 home workers.

Population estimate124,725± 114 MOE

Workers age 16+55,964± 1,340 MOE

Workers with travel time49,402± 1,341 MOE

Estimated home workers6,562± 588 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 Clovis 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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