ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6495822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mountain House, California

Mean one-way trip49.6 min±9.4 min MOE
Worked from home25.5%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone60.1%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip35.4%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 commute60.6 min → 49.6 min▼ 11.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 25.5%▲ 13.9 pp

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

Public transit4.6% → 0.8%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.4% → 60.1%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.1% ±7.2 pp
Carpool11.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±2.2 pp
Work from home25.5% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 10,854 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.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% 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 estimate25,513± 2,041 MOE
Workers age 16+10,854± 1,092 MOE
Workers with travel time8,090± 1,145 MOE
Estimated home workers2,764± 620 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.