ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6609842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rio Vista, California

Mean one-way trip40.3 min±9.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.9%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 commute38.0 min → 40.3 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 12.4%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 77.9%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.9% ±5.1 pp
Carpool4.6% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.3% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.6 pp
Work from home12.4% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,590 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,102± 57 MOE
Workers age 16+3,590± 470 MOE
Workers with travel time3,145± 476 MOE
Estimated home workers445± 192 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.