ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6246802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fontana, California

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone72.5%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.0%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 commute34.0 min → 33.4 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 13.0%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 72.5%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.5% ±1.4 pp
Carpool11.4% ±1.0 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home13.0% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 99,504 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate214,169± 89 MOE
Workers age 16+99,504± 1,910 MOE
Workers with travel time86,595± 2,114 MOE
Estimated home workers12,909± 1,154 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.