ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6535052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Old Fig Garden, California

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone68.0%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 commute21.2 min → 23.7 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.5% → 19.5%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.9%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 68.0%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.0% ±8.2 pp
Carpool6.6% ±4.9 pp
Public transit1.9% ±1.5 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±1.3 pp
Work from home19.5% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 2,427 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,503± 745 MOE
Workers age 16+2,427± 330 MOE
Workers with travel time1,954± 322 MOE
Estimated home workers473± 128 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.