ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6449102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

McKinleyville, California

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.6%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 commute18.3 min → 21.0 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 9.9%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 75.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.6% ±2.9 pp
Carpool9.0% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.4 pp
Work from home9.9% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 7,114 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,113± 1,040 MOE
Workers age 16+7,114± 640 MOE
Workers with travel time6,407± 607 MOE
Estimated home workers707± 219 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.