What is the average commute in Redding city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Redding city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6599202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Redding, California

Name: Commute estimates for Redding city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.7 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home9.4%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone77.8%±1.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Redding city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute16.9 min → 16.7 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 9.4%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 77.8%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Redding city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.7% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.8% ±1.9 pp

Carpool8.5% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.1% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.4 pp

Work from home9.4% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 40,055 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Redding city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Redding city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,055 workers age 16+, including 36,291 workers with reported travel time and 3,764 home workers.

Population estimate93,409± 52 MOE

Workers age 16+40,055± 908 MOE

Workers with travel time36,291± 953 MOE

Estimated home workers3,764± 483 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Redding city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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