ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6270002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fresno, California

Mean one-way trip22.4 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute22.4 min → 22.4 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 10.9%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 72.1%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.1% ±1.2 pp
Carpool11.5% ±0.8 pp
Public transit1.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.9% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 229,989 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

21thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate545,970± 90 MOE
Workers age 16+229,989± 3,134 MOE
Workers with travel time204,868± 3,309 MOE
Estimated home workers25,121± 1,738 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.