ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6309942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenfield, California

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home3.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute23.2 min → 23.8 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.6% → 3.6%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.4%▲ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 71.8%▲ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±5.0 pp
Carpool11.6% ±4.4 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home3.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 8,045 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,232± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+8,045± 633 MOE
Workers with travel time7,756± 682 MOE
Estimated home workers289± 190 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.