ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6403262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Presa, California

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.9%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 commute29.0 min → 26.9 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 9.7%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 75.9%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.9% ±1.9 pp
Carpool10.2% ±2.2 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 16,343 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.

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate34,962± 1,955 MOE
Workers age 16+16,343± 1,227 MOE
Workers with travel time14,765± 1,125 MOE
Estimated home workers1,578± 356 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.