ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6196122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dos Palos, California

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.4%±7.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 commute34.3 min → 28.1 min▼ 6.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 7.3%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 81.4%▲ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.4% ±7.5 pp
Carpool4.8% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk6.5% ±5.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home7.3% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 1,948 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,765± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+1,948± 356 MOE
Workers with travel time1,806± 342 MOE
Estimated home workers142± 110 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.