ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6501882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Myrtletown, California

Mean one-way trip13.4 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home15.5%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone57.7%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 commute15.5 min → 13.4 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.4% → 15.5%▼ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.2% → 57.7%▲ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.7% ±7.4 pp
Carpool21.5% ±14.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle1.4% ±2.2 pp
Work from home15.5% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 2,250 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% 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.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,322± 823 MOE
Workers age 16+2,250± 546 MOE
Workers with travel time1,902± 564 MOE
Estimated home workers348± 164 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.