ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6364482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Indio, California

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute22.9 min → 23.0 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 5.1%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.0%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 79.4%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.4% ±1.1 pp
Carpool11.8% ±1.6 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home5.1% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 40,340 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.

35thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

52thTransit percentile

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

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate91,950± 83 MOE
Workers age 16+40,340± 1,415 MOE
Workers with travel time38,266± 1,435 MOE
Estimated home workers2,074± 428 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.