ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6526942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oakdale, California

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.0 min → 35.4 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 8.7%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 78.4%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.4% ±2.5 pp
Carpool11.2% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.7% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 10,119 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.