ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6474302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Midway City, California

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 commute25.1 min → 22.6 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 8.9%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 70.7%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.7% ±2.1 pp
Carpool18.6% ±7.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.5 pp
Work from home8.9% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 3,498 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% 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.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,999± 1,252 MOE
Workers age 16+3,498± 704 MOE
Workers with travel time3,187± 604 MOE
Estimated home workers311± 203 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.