What is the average commute in Oroville city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Oroville city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6543862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oroville, California

Name: Commute estimates for Oroville city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Oroville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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 Oroville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.

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

How Oroville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

21^thMean commute percentile

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

28^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

42^th60+ 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 Oroville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,011 workers age 16+, including 6,485 workers with reported travel time and 526 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Oroville city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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