ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6419222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Live Oak, California

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone63.2%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 commute24.6 min → 21.9 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 15.6%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 2.0%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.7% → 63.2%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.2% ±5.4 pp
Carpool11.0% ±3.2 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk3.6% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle3.7% ±1.6 pp
Work from home15.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 8,924 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,911± 1,267 MOE
Workers age 16+8,924± 726 MOE
Workers with travel time7,536± 720 MOE
Estimated home workers1,388± 290 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.