ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6558002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parkway, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±5.8 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 Parkway CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute27.7 min → 24.7 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 10.2%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 73.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Parkway CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 1.0% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

Drive alone73.2% ±5.8 pp
Carpool11.6% ±3.6 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk3.1% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.2% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 5,994 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Parkway CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Parkway CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,994 workers age 16+, including 5,385 workers with reported travel time and 609 home workers.

Population estimate15,397± 1,454 MOE
Workers age 16+5,994± 527 MOE
Workers with travel time5,385± 524 MOE
Estimated home workers609± 228 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 Parkway CDP

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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