ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6595002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rancho Mirage, California

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home30.5%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone61.1%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 commute27.8 min → 25.3 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.5% → 30.5%▲ 11.0 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 61.1%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.1% ±4.7 pp
Carpool4.7% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home30.5% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 5,400 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% 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.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,563± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+5,400± 448 MOE
Workers with travel time3,753± 393 MOE
Estimated home workers1,647± 260 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.