ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6335742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highgrove, California

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±9.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±7.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 commute29.9 min → 31.0 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 6.9%— 0.0 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 72.6%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.6% ±7.5 pp
Carpool18.8% ±8.6 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.9% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,263 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,366± 1,650 MOE
Workers age 16+4,263± 770 MOE
Workers with travel time3,967± 772 MOE
Estimated home workers296± 168 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.