What is the average commute in Colusa city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 6149462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Colusa, California

Name: Commute estimates for Colusa city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 4.0% worked from home, 86.0% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±4.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.0%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone86.0%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Colusa city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.9 min → 19.7 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 4.0%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.6%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.4% → 86.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Colusa city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 4.0% worked from home.

Drive alone86.0% ±4.2 pp

Carpool7.3% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.5% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home4.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 2,409 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Colusa city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Colusa city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,409 workers age 16+, including 2,313 workers with reported travel time and 96 home workers.

Population estimate6,505± 97 MOE

Workers age 16+2,409± 285 MOE

Workers with travel time2,313± 283 MOE

Estimated home workers96± 73 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 Colusa 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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