ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6558562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parlier, California

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home0.6%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute23.3 min → 22.8 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.5% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 80.1%▲ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.1% ±5.4 pp
Carpool17.1% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home0.6% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 5,441 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.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

0thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,507± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+5,441± 472 MOE
Workers with travel time5,408± 464 MOE
Estimated home workers33± 46 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.