What is the average commute in Dublin city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Dublin city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 34.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6200182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dublin, California

Name: Commute estimates for Dublin city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.9 min one way; 34.7% worked from home, 49.4% drove alone, and 23.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.9 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home34.7%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone49.4%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.8%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 Dublin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute39.9 min → 35.9 min▼ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.7% → 34.7%▲ 13.0 pp

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

Public transit11.1% → 5.4%▼ 5.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.5% → 49.4%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dublin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 49.4%; 5.4% used public transit and 34.7% worked from home.

Drive alone49.4% ±2.7 pp

Carpool6.6% ±1.4 pp

Public transit5.4% ±1.0 pp

Walk2.1% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home34.7% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 36,635 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dublin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dublin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 36,635 workers age 16+, including 23,917 workers with reported travel time and 12,718 home workers.

Population estimate70,803± 52 MOE

Workers age 16+36,635± 1,075 MOE

Workers with travel time23,917± 1,086 MOE

Estimated home workers12,718± 968 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

Comparable California commute records for Dublin city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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