ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6291122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garnet, California

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±9.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.3%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 commute27.0 min → 29.0 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 3.2%▼ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 80.6%▲ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.6% ±7.6 pp
Carpool14.7% ±7.4 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.7% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home3.2% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 3,674 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

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

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,382± 1,389 MOE
Workers age 16+3,674± 747 MOE
Workers with travel time3,556± 755 MOE
Estimated home workers118± 68 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.