ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6514762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nipomo, California

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone82.6%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute27.2 min → 28.0 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 5.5%▼ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.4%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 82.6%▲ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.6% ±6.0 pp
Carpool8.3% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.4 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.5% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 8,623 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,516± 1,517 MOE
Workers age 16+8,623± 792 MOE
Workers with travel time8,145± 816 MOE
Estimated home workers478± 151 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.