ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6160902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Contra Costa Centre, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

90thMean commute percentile

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

85thWork-from-home percentile

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

99thTransit percentile

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

95th60+ 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 the shares

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.