ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6540082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange Cove, California

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home1.4%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone65.7%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 commute28.5 min → 28.2 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.6% → 1.4%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 65.7%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.7% ±8.1 pp
Carpool31.3% ±6.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home1.4% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 3,357 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,695± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+3,357± 326 MOE
Workers with travel time3,310± 327 MOE
Estimated home workers47± 42 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.