ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6233502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairview, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.0 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 66.0% drove alone, and 16.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.0 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.0%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.4%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 Fairview CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.2 min → 35.0 min▼ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.1% → 19.1%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit9.0% → 4.1%▼ 4.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.8% → 66.0%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fairview CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.0%; 4.1% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.

Drive alone66.0% ±5.5 pp
Carpool9.1% ±3.2 pp
Public transit4.1% ±1.7 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.1% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 4,939 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fairview CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fairview CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,939 workers age 16+, including 3,995 workers with reported travel time and 944 home workers.

Population estimate10,745± 846 MOE
Workers age 16+4,939± 419 MOE
Workers with travel time3,995± 409 MOE
Estimated home workers944± 232 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 Fairview CDP

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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