ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6440282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Los Banos, California

Mean one-way trip54.6 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip48.2%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 commute49.4 min → 54.6 min▲ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 6.1%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 76.7%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.7% ±2.4 pp
Carpool15.0% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 17,344 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.

100thMean commute percentile

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

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate47,593± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+17,344± 1,103 MOE
Workers with travel time16,288± 1,125 MOE
Estimated home workers1,056± 384 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.