Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6414742024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lincoln, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 22.5% worked from home, 67.9% drove alone, and 10.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.8 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home22.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.2%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 Lincoln 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 +9.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lincoln city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 22.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 21,850 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lincoln city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lincoln city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 21,850 workers age 16+, including 16,941 workers with reported travel time and 4,909 home workers.
Population estimate52,956± 89 MOE
Workers age 16+21,850± 658 MOE
Workers with travel time16,941± 745 MOE
Estimated home workers4,909± 499 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Lincoln city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.