What is the average commute in Ripon city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 6610262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ripon, California

Name: Commute estimates for Ripon city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 9.3% worked from home, 80.4% drove alone, and 13.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home9.3%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone80.4%±5.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.3%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 Ripon 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 +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 26.8 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 9.3%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 80.4%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ripon city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.4%; 0.8% used public transit and 9.3% worked from home.

Drive alone80.4% ±5.9 pp

Carpool7.0% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp

Work from home9.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 7,459 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ripon city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ripon city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,459 workers age 16+, including 6,767 workers with reported travel time and 692 home workers.

Population estimate16,201± 40 MOE

Workers age 16+7,459± 496 MOE

Workers with travel time6,767± 550 MOE

Estimated home workers692± 193 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 Ripon 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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