ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6561122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Patterson, California

Mean one-way trip41.6 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.3%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.8%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 commute47.2 min → 41.6 min▼ 5.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 11.3%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 74.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.6% ±3.2 pp
Carpool13.3% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.3% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 9,889 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,693± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+9,889± 602 MOE
Workers with travel time8,771± 566 MOE
Estimated home workers1,118± 427 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.