ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6179182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Daly City, California

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone55.5%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.2%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 commute30.8 min → 28.8 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 15.2%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit17.3% → 11.8%▼ 5.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.7% → 55.5%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.5% ±2.0 pp
Carpool12.2% ±1.5 pp
Public transit11.8% ±1.5 pp
Walk2.4% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home15.2% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 55,523 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate101,964± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+55,523± 1,324 MOE
Workers with travel time47,062± 1,377 MOE
Estimated home workers8,461± 731 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.