ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6420062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Livingston, California

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone85.5%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute25.6 min → 22.5 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 4.5%▼ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 85.5%▲ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.5% ±3.7 pp
Carpool8.8% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home4.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,633 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.

35thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,606± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+5,633± 581 MOE
Workers with travel time5,380± 583 MOE
Estimated home workers253± 129 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.