ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6330562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Healdsburg, California

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home24.6%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone62.0%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commute21.3 min → 18.7 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.2% → 24.6%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 62.0%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.0% ±7.9 pp
Carpool7.0% ±3.9 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.0 pp
Walk3.9% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±0.8 pp
Work from home24.6% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 5,417 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.

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,243± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+5,417± 447 MOE
Workers with travel time4,082± 527 MOE
Estimated home workers1,335± 309 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.