Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6534482024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Oildale, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.3 min one way; 4.9% worked from home, 81.2% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.3 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone81.2%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 Oildale CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 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 Oildale CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.2%; 0.7% used public transit and 4.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,679 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Oildale CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Oildale CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,679 workers age 16+, including 12,059 workers with reported travel time and 620 home workers.
Population estimate34,687± 2,262 MOE
Workers age 16+12,679± 1,127 MOE
Workers with travel time12,059± 1,083 MOE
Estimated home workers620± 179 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 Oildale CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.