ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6341202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hollister, California

Mean one-way trip36.6 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.3%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 commute37.5 min → 36.6 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 8.9%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.9%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 74.1%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.1% ±3.1 pp
Carpool14.0% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.9% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 20,425 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate43,811± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+20,425± 681 MOE
Workers with travel time18,606± 755 MOE
Estimated home workers1,819± 321 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.