Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6526942024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Oakdale, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.4 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 16.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip35.4 min±7.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.7%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.5%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 Oakdale city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Oakdale city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,119 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Oakdale city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Oakdale city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,119 workers age 16+, including 9,242 workers with reported travel time and 877 home workers.
Population estimate23,194± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+10,119± 690 MOE
Workers with travel time9,242± 709 MOE
Estimated home workers877± 278 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Oakdale city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.