ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6304102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Good Hope, California

Mean one-way trip36.0 min±9.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone83.1%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.9%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 commute33.2 min → 36.0 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 7.5%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 83.1%▲ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.1% ±7.3 pp
Carpool7.1% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.5% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 3,317 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,816± 1,251 MOE
Workers age 16+3,317± 610 MOE
Workers with travel time3,069± 577 MOE
Estimated home workers248± 138 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.