Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6166302024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County), California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 83.6% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.2 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone83.6%±11.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County)'s published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -4.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County) residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,570 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County) 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County)'s commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,570 workers age 16+, including 3,373 workers with reported travel time and 197 home workers.
Population estimate7,408± 1,256 MOE
Workers age 16+3,570± 763 MOE
Workers with travel time3,373± 752 MOE
Estimated home workers197± 141 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County)
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.