ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6385202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

King City, California

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.9%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 commute24.4 min → 29.4 min▲ 5.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 3.9%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.2%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.6% → 69.4%▲ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±6.1 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.6 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home3.9% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,633 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,604± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+4,633± 449 MOE
Workers with travel time4,451± 426 MOE
Estimated home workers182± 108 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.