ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6542742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orland, California

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.9%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute23.1 min → 20.4 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 7.4%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 79.9%▲ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.9% ±6.9 pp
Carpool9.2% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.9 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,382 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,357± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+3,382± 278 MOE
Workers with travel time3,132± 308 MOE
Estimated home workers250± 136 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.