ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6546522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oxnard, California

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute25.9 min → 25.3 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 7.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 73.5%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±1.5 pp
Carpool16.0% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.4% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 94,054 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

27thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate200,928± 69 MOE
Workers age 16+94,054± 1,761 MOE
Workers with travel time87,141± 1,708 MOE
Estimated home workers6,913± 683 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.