What is the average commute in Napa city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Napa city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6502582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Napa, California

Name: Commute estimates for Napa city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 70.9% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home14.0%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone70.9%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.2%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 Napa city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.1 min → 23.9 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 14.0%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 70.9%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Napa city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.9%; 0.7% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.

Drive alone70.9% ±2.5 pp

Carpool10.3% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.2% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.3 pp

Work from home14.0% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 38,826 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Napa city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Napa city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 38,826 workers age 16+, including 33,406 workers with reported travel time and 5,420 home workers.

Population estimate78,239± 71 MOE

Workers age 16+38,826± 1,051 MOE

Workers with travel time33,406± 1,008 MOE

Estimated home workers5,420± 574 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Napa city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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