ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6319602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hanford, California

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute24.3 min → 22.6 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.2%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 75.1%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.1% ±2.9 pp
Carpool14.2% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.2% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 24,690 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate59,754± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+24,690± 910 MOE
Workers with travel time22,918± 951 MOE
Estimated home workers1,772± 351 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.