Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6224542024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County), California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.8 min one way; 15.7% worked from home, 64.5% drove alone, and 18.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip33.8 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.7%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone64.5%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.5%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 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County)'s published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.5%; 4.2% used public transit and 15.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,758 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County)'s commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,758 workers age 16+, including 6,541 workers with reported travel time and 1,217 home workers.
Population estimate16,294± 1,702 MOE
Workers age 16+7,758± 973 MOE
Workers with travel time6,541± 923 MOE
Estimated home workers1,217± 333 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County)
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.