What is the average commute in Gonzales city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 6303922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gonzales, California

Name: Commute estimates for Gonzales city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 1.9% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±5.4 min MOE

Worked from home1.9%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone80.2%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.2%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 Gonzales city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.0 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute23.7 min → 27.0 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 1.9%▼ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 80.2%▲ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gonzales city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.7% used public transit and 1.9% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±6.3 pp

Carpool11.9% ±3.9 pp

Public transit0.7% ±1.1 pp

Walk2.5% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home1.9% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 3,833 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gonzales city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

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

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gonzales city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,833 workers age 16+, including 3,759 workers with reported travel time and 74 home workers.

Population estimate8,492± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+3,833± 438 MOE

Workers with travel time3,759± 432 MOE

Estimated home workers74± 57 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 Gonzales city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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