ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6594262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rancho Calaveras, California

Mean one-way trip51.2 min±16.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±7.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip35.5%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 commute44.3 min → 51.2 min▲ 6.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 16.3%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 75.3%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±4.7 pp
Carpool6.8% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home16.3% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 3,096 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.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,131± 968 MOE
Workers age 16+3,096± 551 MOE
Workers with travel time2,591± 497 MOE
Estimated home workers505± 238 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.