ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6537142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Olivehurst, California

Mean one-way trip34.6 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.0%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 commute30.5 min → 34.6 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 7.6%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.8% → 79.4%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.4% ±5.9 pp
Carpool10.5% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 8,160 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.

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,444± 1,334 MOE
Workers age 16+8,160± 832 MOE
Workers with travel time7,538± 837 MOE
Estimated home workers622± 246 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.