What is the average commute in Corning city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 6163222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Corning, California

Name: Commute estimates for Corning city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.2 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 76.0% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.2 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home7.0%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone76.0%±9.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Corning city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.8 min → 18.2 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.5% → 7.0%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 76.0%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Corning city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.0% ±9.8 pp

Carpool16.1% ±10.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.7% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.5 pp

Work from home7.0% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,205 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Corning city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Corning city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,205 workers age 16+, including 2,982 workers with reported travel time and 223 home workers.

Population estimate8,155± 21 MOE

Workers age 16+3,205± 352 MOE

Workers with travel time2,982± 353 MOE

Estimated home workers223± 122 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 Corning 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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