ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6501322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Muscoy, California

Mean one-way trip31.6 min±8.2 min MOE
Worked from home1.7%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±11.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.0%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 commute28.1 min → 31.6 min▲ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 1.7%▼ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 2.6%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 78.6%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.6% ±11.0 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.5 pp
Public transit2.6% ±2.8 pp
Walk2.0% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle2.6% ±2.7 pp
Work from home1.7% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 4,688 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 under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% 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 estimate12,025± 1,382 MOE
Workers age 16+4,688± 792 MOE
Workers with travel time4,610± 785 MOE
Estimated home workers78± 64 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.