ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6543862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oroville, California

Mean one-way trip19.9 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute20.2 min → 19.9 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 7.5%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 0.0%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 75.7%▲ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.7% ±3.9 pp
Carpool10.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home7.5% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 7,011 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% 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.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,752± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+7,011± 635 MOE
Workers with travel time6,485± 587 MOE
Estimated home workers526± 212 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.