ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6526242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nuevo, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 39.3 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 25.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip39.3 min±10.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.1%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 Nuevo CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute43.8 min → 39.3 min▼ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 10.1%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 74.6%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Nuevo CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±7.6 pp
Carpool11.1% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home10.1% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 2,792 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Nuevo CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% 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.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Nuevo CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,792 workers age 16+, including 2,511 workers with reported travel time and 281 home workers.

Population estimate6,803± 982 MOE
Workers age 16+2,792± 471 MOE
Workers with travel time2,511± 459 MOE
Estimated home workers281± 144 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 Nuevo CDP

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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