ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6569382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Piedmont, California

Mean one-way trip31.7 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home39.9%±6.7 pp MOE
Drove alone42.1%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.0%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 commute30.0 min → 31.7 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home28.1% → 39.9%▲ 11.8 pp

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

Public transit10.2% → 8.2%▼ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.9% → 42.1%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone42.1% ±6.1 pp
Carpool6.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit8.2% ±3.0 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home39.9% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 4,915 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,945± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+4,915± 328 MOE
Workers with travel time2,952± 354 MOE
Estimated home workers1,963± 353 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.