ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6419362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Live Oak, California

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 commute26.2 min → 28.4 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 10.5%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 73.7%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.7% ±7.3 pp
Carpool11.4% ±5.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.8% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.5% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 3,763 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% 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 estimate9,347± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+3,763± 348 MOE
Workers with travel time3,369± 380 MOE
Estimated home workers394± 222 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.