ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6244772024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Florence-Graham, California

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 commute33.8 min → 33.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.1%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit8.3% → 6.1%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 68.7%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.7% ±3.0 pp
Carpool14.8% ±1.9 pp
Public transit6.1% ±1.2 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.1% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 24,534 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate60,690± 2,509 MOE
Workers age 16+24,534± 1,293 MOE
Workers with travel time23,271± 1,300 MOE
Estimated home workers1,263± 276 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.