ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6483542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Modesto, California

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 commute29.6 min → 30.2 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 8.4%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.6%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 74.9%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.9% ±1.5 pp
Carpool11.6% ±1.0 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.4% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 92,517 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate219,215± 93 MOE
Workers age 16+92,517± 1,742 MOE
Workers with travel time84,700± 1,699 MOE
Estimated home workers7,817± 938 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.