ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6366722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ione, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.4 min one way; 7.9% worked from home, 83.4% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone83.4%±10.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Ione city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.7 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute28.3 min → 28.4 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 7.9%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 83.4%▲ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ione city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.9% worked from home.

Drive alone83.4% ±10.7 pp
Carpool8.1% ±5.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.9 pp
Work from home7.9% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 2,571 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ione city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ione city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,571 workers age 16+, including 2,367 workers with reported travel time and 204 home workers.

Population estimate9,156± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,571± 375 MOE
Workers with travel time2,367± 362 MOE
Estimated home workers204± 127 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

Comparable California commute records for Ione city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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