ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6179882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Danville, California

Mean one-way trip32.5 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home37.3%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone52.6%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.1%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 commute31.6 min → 32.5 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home25.2% → 37.3%▲ 12.1 pp

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

Public transit3.5% → 2.7%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.4% → 52.6%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone52.6% ±3.6 pp
Carpool4.2% ±1.6 pp
Public transit2.7% ±1.0 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home37.3% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 19,830 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate43,401± 79 MOE
Workers age 16+19,830± 826 MOE
Workers with travel time12,436± 944 MOE
Estimated home workers7,394± 602 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.