What is the average commute in Rio Linda CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rio Linda CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 6609422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rio Linda, California

Name: Commute estimates for Rio Linda CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home13.0%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone76.7%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Rio Linda CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.7 min → 28.7 min▼ 5.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 13.0%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.8%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 76.7%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rio Linda CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 1.8% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.7% ±4.8 pp

Carpool7.1% ±2.0 pp

Public transit1.8% ±1.4 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home13.0% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 6,851 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rio Linda CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^thWork-from-home percentile

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

77^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rio Linda CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,851 workers age 16+, including 5,959 workers with reported travel time and 892 home workers.

Population estimate16,335± 1,241 MOE

Workers age 16+6,851± 607 MOE

Workers with travel time5,959± 555 MOE

Estimated home workers892± 286 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 Rio Linda CDP

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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