ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6503982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

National City, California

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 commute27.0 min → 25.4 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 6.5%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit4.7% → 4.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.4% → 68.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±2.2 pp
Carpool14.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit4.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk4.3% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 29,510 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate58,893± 61 MOE
Workers age 16+29,510± 1,054 MOE
Workers with travel time27,582± 1,098 MOE
Estimated home workers1,928± 405 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.