ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6162242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Corcoran, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 4.2% worked from home, 80.3% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.3%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 Corcoran city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.0 min → 22.3 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 4.2%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 80.3%▲ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Corcoran city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.3% ±4.2 pp
Carpool14.3% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.2% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 4,941 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Corcoran city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

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

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Corcoran city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,941 workers age 16+, including 4,735 workers with reported travel time and 206 home workers.

Population estimate22,491± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+4,941± 496 MOE
Workers with travel time4,735± 493 MOE
Estimated home workers206± 94 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 Corcoran 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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