ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6225942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Emeryville, California

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home36.9%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone39.6%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute33.5 min → 28.9 min▼ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.6% → 36.9%▲ 14.3 pp

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

Public transit18.6% → 7.8%▼ 10.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone41.4% → 39.6%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone39.6% ±4.0 pp
Carpool2.8% ±1.6 pp
Public transit7.8% ±2.1 pp
Walk8.7% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle2.0% ±1.3 pp
Work from home36.9% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 8,643 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

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

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,081± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+8,643± 621 MOE
Workers with travel time5,450± 512 MOE
Estimated home workers3,193± 514 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.