ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6281822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garden Acres, California

Mean one-way trip41.2 min±13.2 min MOE
Worked from home4.7%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±11.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip29.8%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 commute40.7 min → 41.2 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 4.7%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.0% → 73.0%▼ 16.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±11.7 pp
Carpool20.7% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.7% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 4,333 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,667± 1,266 MOE
Workers age 16+4,333± 773 MOE
Workers with travel time4,128± 771 MOE
Estimated home workers205± 129 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.