ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6609422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rio Linda, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

71thMean commute percentile

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

56thWork-from-home percentile

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

77thTransit percentile

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

61th60+ 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 the shares

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.