ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6466462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mead Valley, California

Mean one-way trip32.1 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.9%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 commute34.7 min → 32.1 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 9.0%▼ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.0%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 78.0%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±3.5 pp
Carpool10.5% ±3.1 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.0% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 8,836 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,286± 2,257 MOE
Workers age 16+8,836± 1,318 MOE
Workers with travel time8,042± 1,263 MOE
Estimated home workers794± 370 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.