ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6381142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kentfield, California

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home46.5%±7.2 pp MOE
Drove alone43.6%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 commute33.4 min → 25.3 min▼ 8.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home31.7% → 46.5%▲ 14.8 pp

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

Public transit8.1% → 4.8%▼ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone51.2% → 43.6%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone43.6% ±4.5 pp
Carpool2.5% ±1.9 pp
Public transit4.8% ±2.3 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home46.5% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 3,005 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thWork-from-home percentile

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

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,900± 630 MOE
Workers age 16+3,005± 361 MOE
Workers with travel time1,607± 221 MOE
Estimated home workers1,398± 273 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.