ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6170222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crescent City, California

Mean one-way trip38.9 min±15.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone48.2%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 38.9 min▲ 20.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 6.1%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 3.0%▲ 3.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.7% → 48.2%▼ 14.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.2% ±8.0 pp
Carpool30.0% ±9.1 pp
Public transit3.0% ±2.7 pp
Walk9.0% ±7.1 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.1% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 1,552 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

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

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,046± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+1,552± 291 MOE
Workers with travel time1,457± 275 MOE
Estimated home workers95± 84 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.