ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6540922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orangevale, California

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.9%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commute29.2 min → 28.4 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.6% → 19.0%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 68.9%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.9% ±2.4 pp
Carpool8.4% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home19.0% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 16,614 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 25k–100k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate35,958± 1,715 MOE
Workers age 16+16,614± 902 MOE
Workers with travel time13,464± 833 MOE
Estimated home workers3,150± 491 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.