ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6303452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gold River, California

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home35.8%±8.0 pp MOE
Drove alone56.8%±8.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute29.2 min → 23.1 min▼ 6.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.5% → 35.8%▲ 15.3 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.6%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 56.8%▼ 17.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.8% ±8.7 pp
Carpool4.1% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.1% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home35.8% ±8.0 pp

Each share uses 3,771 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

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

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,924± 892 MOE
Workers age 16+3,771± 508 MOE
Workers with travel time2,422± 419 MOE
Estimated home workers1,349± 353 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.