What is the average commute in Fresno city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fresno city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6270002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fresno, California

Name: Commute estimates for Fresno city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.4 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Fresno city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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 Fresno city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 1.2% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.

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

How Fresno city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

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

11^thWork-from-home percentile

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

21^thTransit percentile

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

34^th60+ 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 Fresno city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 229,989 workers age 16+, including 204,868 workers with reported travel time and 25,121 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Fresno city

These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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