What is the average commute in Contra Costa Centre CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Contra Costa Centre CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 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 6160902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Contra Costa Centre, California

Name: Commute estimates for Contra Costa Centre CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.8 min one way; 22.7% worked from home, 46.2% drove alone, and 20.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.8 min±8.8 min MOE

Worked from home22.7%±5.5 pp MOE

Drove alone46.2%±7.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.5%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 Contra Costa Centre CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.4 min → 33.8 min▼ 6.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.3% → 22.7%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit33.6% → 17.3%▼ 16.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone42.7% → 46.2%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Contra Costa Centre CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 46.2%; 17.3% used public transit and 22.7% worked from home.

Drive alone46.2% ±7.1 pp

Carpool6.4% ±3.7 pp

Public transit17.3% ±6.1 pp

Walk3.8% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home22.7% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 4,463 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Contra Costa Centre CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Contra Costa Centre CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,463 workers age 16+, including 3,448 workers with reported travel time and 1,015 home workers.

Population estimate6,893± 729 MOE

Workers age 16+4,463± 608 MOE

Workers with travel time3,448± 607 MOE

Estimated home workers1,015± 281 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 Contra Costa Centre CDP

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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