ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6223002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), California

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 commute23.7 min → 25.6 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 11.4%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.1%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 73.8%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±3.2 pp
Carpool9.3% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.4% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 13,697 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate31,446± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+13,697± 834 MOE
Workers with travel time12,139± 810 MOE
Estimated home workers1,558± 267 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.