Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6333082024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hercules, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.6 min one way; 19.0% worked from home, 62.9% drove alone, and 24.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip37.6 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone62.9%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.1%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 Hercules city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Hercules city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.9%; 9.1% used public transit and 19.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,913 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hercules city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hercules city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,913 workers age 16+, including 10,456 workers with reported travel time and 2,457 home workers.
Population estimate26,302± 52 MOE
Workers age 16+12,913± 657 MOE
Workers with travel time10,456± 672 MOE
Estimated home workers2,457± 316 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Hercules city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.